Former Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi has reiterated that he holds no personal grudge against investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
The former African football vice president insists he has neither the power nor the intention to seek revenge over the Number 12 documentary that ended his football career.
Speaking on Joy News, Nyantakyi said he has left the matter to God and believes ultimate judgment rests with a higher authority.
"I don’t have any grudge. I can’t do anything to him. I don’t have the power to do anything to him. I leave it to God. If there is a day of judgment, which I believe there is, it will be an interesting day for all of us to present our cases before the Almighty," he said.
Nyantakyi also strongly denied claims that he once stated he had former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo “in his pocket”, describing the allegation as false and damaging.
“I never said that. I never said it anywhere,” he insisted, challenging journalists to produce evidence to support the claim.
“Within one day, before the end of today, produce evidence that I said the president was in my pocket. You are journalists. Prove it. If you can’t, then it was simply the figment of someone’s imagination to discredit me and make me look bad in the eyes of the public,” he added.
Number 12 exposé: I never said, “I have the President in my pocket” — Kwesi Nyantakyi. #AMShow pic.twitter.com/XeQL1ulpY7
— JoyNews (@JoyNewsOnTV) January 6, 2026
Nyantakyi acknowledged that the allegation has gained widespread traction over the years, making it difficult to counter, but maintained that it was untrue and deliberately used to damage his reputation.
In October 2018, FIFA imposed a lifetime ban on Nyantakyi, which was later reduced to a 15-year suspension.
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