Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi has rejected claims that he boasted of having the Ghanaian president “in his pocket.”
Prior to the release of Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ investigative documentary Number 12, which exposed corruption in Ghanaian football, reports surfaced suggesting that Nyantakyi told an undisclosed investor that his political connections would make entry into the country difficult.
Speaking to JoyNews, Nyantakyi dismissed the reports.
“I never said the president was in my pocket, I never said that anywhere,” the former 1st CAF Vice President said.
“That allegation has gained so much notoriety that it will be illogical for me to even stand up to contradict it.”
He added that the claim was entirely fabricated to tarnish his reputation.
“It was the figment of somebody’s imagination just to discredit me and let me look very bad in the eyes of the public, and they succeeded.”
The Number 12 documentary showed Nyantakyi accepting $65,000 from an undercover journalist and claiming he could leverage political influence to benefit business interests. Following the revelations, FIFA imposed a lifetime ban on him in October 2018, later reduced to a 15-year suspension.
Nyantakyi resigned from his roles at the GFA, CAF, and FIFA in June 2018 amid the corruption allegations that shook Ghanaian football.
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