{"id":12990,"date":"2018-10-31T22:38:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T22:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=12990"},"modified":"2018-10-31T22:38:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T22:38:49","slug":"i-dont-rejoice-over-misfortune-anas-reacts-to-nyantakyis-life-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=12990","title":{"rendered":"I don\u2019t rejoice over misfortune \u2013 Anas reacts to Nyantakyi\u2019s life ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas says he is not elated after FIFA handed a lifetime ban to former Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi who was implicated in a bribery sting operation.<\/p>\n

The undercover investigation masterminded by Anas and his Tiger Eye PI company and was published in a documentary titled Number12.<\/p>\n

Number12 filmed Nyantakyi taking $65,000 (\u00a348,000) from an undercover reporter pretending to be a businessman.<\/p>\n

The documentary also formed the basis of Anas\u2019 petition to the world governing football body, FIFA to investigate allegations of corruption against the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi.<\/p>\n

Anas who is speaking at the ongoing African Investigative Journalism Conference in Johannesburg said Number12 fought a system and not a personality.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t seen the story yet and so I would at this stage just say no comment,\u201d Anas said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of these issues are in court and strategically so. I am not one person who loves to rejoice about somebody\u2019s misfortune. I think that I fought a system and not a personality and I am happy that the system is down and I am happy that changes are being brought. For me, those are very, very important issues\u201d.<\/p>\n