There is no evidence to initiate criminal prosecution against former Ghana football boss Kwesi Nyantakyi, the country's Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Gloria Akufo has revealed.
Calls for the prosecution of the former FIFA Council member has heightened in the West African country after he was shown in a documentary allegedly taking kickbacks.
The image of Nyantakyi has been battered after an investigative piece by controversial Ghanaian journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas revealed widespread corruption in the game.
The former Ghana football leader is under criminal investigations in the powerful African nation but it has emerged prosecutors are struggling to build a case which critics say exposes the ugly reality of the local game.
And the country's legal adviser to the ruling government Gloria Akufo has revealed there is no evidence to prosecute the embattled former FA top official.
“I have not received any docket for prosecution. It would be recalled that when the issues started, the CID started a probe. The probe is still ongoing and when they forward anything to me, I will look at it,’’ she said on Rainbow Radio in Accra on Thursday.
She explained that until her office is furnished with adequate evidence on the matter “there is nothing she could do” as far as prosecution is concerned.
“You need evidence to proceed to court and at the moment I have not received anything from the investigators,” she insisted.
The Ghanaian has been forced to resign from his roles at CAF and FIFA following the scandalous exposé as he fight to redeem an image which has been bruised beyond measure.
Nyantakyi, who has been GFA president since 2005 and was elected to the FIFA Council in September 2016, was filmed in a hotel room appearing to take a $65,000 bribe from a supposed businessman seeking to sponsor the Ghanaian football league.
The Anas exposé has brought football on its knees after government backtracked on attempts to dissolve the Ghana Football Association.
FIFA has announced it will form a Normalisation Committee to oversee the running of football for the next six months.
Source: ghanasoccernet.com
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The evidence is that your dwarf president ordered his arrest for using his name to solicit for funds, and that is deception of public officer. The president is a lawyer, so if nyantakyi did no wrong why then did kapuwepuwe president ask the police to arrest him. Was he doing that for the public to think he was not in the pocket of nyantakyi and later secretly ask the police to make the case a ***barred word*** case. In any case, after nyantakyi's arrest and his bail, has anyone heard anything about the case. Nana barwumia are the most conmen in Ghana politics. They are not real.
those of you expecting nyantakyi to be prosecuted, tell the charge that cld prosecute him and the law he has breached. when we talk about the wrong method Anas is using, people don't get us. govt should go to court and say someone said govt is in his pocket? or nyantakyi has accepted gift as was said by Anas himself.
Bet my words,Nyantakyi will never get prosecuted once Nana Addo(NAADA) remains president of Ghana. The president is in the pocket of Nyantakyi. Any attempt to jail him will be force to spill the beans. Nyantakyi was not intoxicated, when he was making those comments about how to secure contracts from the presidency. The president in their attempt to water down his deep seated involment in order for his arrest. I knew from day one that this case will be handled wishy -washy. Just like Australia visa saga. After clearing the deputy sport minister.have you heard the prosecution of the culprits.After clearing Nyantakyi by Akuffo Addicted lawyer. The case is a dead case now. This time the clearing Master(Nana Addo) used his agent Gloria
People do not even read story. They just take headline and start spewing invectives. PLEASE READ WAI!!!!!!! I BLAME WRITER AND EDITOR
what evidence do they need again? when we all sure this man taking cash yet this government say no evidence? why did FIFA and CAP suspend him? yet as for Ghana no evidence. We said it from day one that Kwasi Nyantakyi will never be prosecuted by the person he sponsored to come to power now it is clear.
I hope the investigators dnt do anytn dubious. Ds why we need more Anases ooo. No trust in national investigators. Twea kae. Dy cud nt find him guilty wn he messed up. Only Anas could unveil him. ***barred word***
Oyiwa and VIGLO PAPA did you understand what you read ? Ei !!! Ghana , hmmmmm .
You are tooooo much.
It is even not sensible to prosecute a person in whose pocket we can find our president. Prosecuting nyantakyi means prosecuting the president because the president is in his pocket. If he stands before a judge, the president is inside his pocket while he stands so how can the attorney general prosecute the one who appointed her.
Do you think a person who performed and contributed a lot to the current government will be prosecuted?