{"id":8460,"date":"2018-06-09T22:56:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T21:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=8460"},"modified":"2018-06-09T22:56:48","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T21:56:48","slug":"number12-ban-nyantakyi-for-life-anas-urges-fifa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=8460","title":{"rendered":"#Number12: Ban Nyantakyi for life \u2013 Anas urges FIFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8461\" src=\"http:\/\/kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/anas-at-ted2013-586x330.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/anas-at-ted2013-586x330.jpg 586w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/anas-at-ted2013-586x330-410x231.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas is urging world football governing body, FIFA to ban former GFA president, Kwesi Nyantakyi from all football-related activities for life.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/06\/06\/anas-petitions-fifa-wants-nyantakyi-investigated-kweku-baako\/\"><strong>petition<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0filed by his lawyers Cromwell Gray LLP, Anas said the audio-visual evidence gathered by himself and his TigerEye PI team showed that Mr. Nyantakyi had breached a number of FIFA\u2019s regulations and codes, warranting a lifetime ban from the game\u00a0for the former GFA boss.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-page petition documented all the indicting comments made by Kwesi Nyantakyi in Anas\u2019 documentary titled \u2018Number12\u2019, which exposed widespread\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/05\/24\/more-gfa-officials-caught-in-anas-documentary\/\">corruption in Ghana football<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_406896\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-406896 disappear mom_appear\" src=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Nyantakyi-1.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Nyantakyi-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Nyantakyi-1-300x187.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Kwesi Nyantakyi\" width=\"620\" height=\"387\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kwesi Nyantakyi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The video, among other things, captured top officials of the football association in compromising positions, including its President at the time, Kwesi Nyantakyi, who allegedly took a bribe\u00a0to illegally secure a $15 million sponsorship deal for Ghana\u2019s local league, which would have seen him pocket about 20% of the sponsorship sum, against FIFA and GFA\u2019s regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Anas\u2019 petition said Kwesi Nyantakyi\u2019s conduct, also amounted to an abuse of office and conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TboTYfdKpzI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, FIFA has already handed Kwesi Nyantakyi a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/06\/08\/nyantakyi-handed-provisional-fifa-ban\/\"><strong>90-day ban<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0as it begins a thorough investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Kwesi Nyantakyi, until the temporary ban was a Member of the FIFA Council, Member of the FIFA Associations Committee, First Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and President of the West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/06\/09\/full-document-anas-petition-to-fifa-against-nyantakyi\/\"><strong>Click here to read the full petition<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kwesi Nyantakyi, who has since resigned from his position as president of the GFA is already facing investigations from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.<\/p>\n<p>The probe into Nyantakyi\u2019s conduct followed a complaint filed by President Akufo-Addo after watching excerpts of Anas\u2019 video that showed the former using the president\u2019s name to persuade foreign investors to part with $12 million in order to facilitate the approval of government contracts for them.<\/p>\n<p>The government has since initiated moves to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2018\/06\/07\/dissolution-of-gfa-fifa-will-understand-sports-minister\/\"><strong>dissolve the Ghana Football Association<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in the aftermath of the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas is urging world football governing body, FIFA to ban former GFA president, Kwesi Nyantakyi from all 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