Former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi has responded to the numerous allegations leveled against him since the latest investigative piece of Anas Aremeyaw Anas was made public.
Mr Nyantakyi in a press statement, painstakingly disclosed how he was framed by Anas and his team and was asked to pay $150k [$150,000] to drop the videos on him.
Read the full statement from below:
1. INTRODUCTION
Good morning media and fellow Ghanaians.
Thank you for the opportunity you have offered to listen and consider my responses to the investigative report on corruption in Football in Ghana by Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his Tiger Eye PI team.
From the outset, let me state that I do not support corruption in any form. It is counterproductive and undermines the credibility of any endeavor.
In the same vein, I will condemn any premeditated and deliberately contrived scheme as well as any prejudicial piece of work undertaken under the guise of fighting corruption only for purposes of pursuing the private agenda of people intended to tarnish my reputation and cause disaffection for me among members of the general public.
2. APOLOGY.
I wish to first and foremost render an unqualified apology to the following very distinguished personalities. They are;
1.H.E the President of the Republic of Ghana.
2.H.E. the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana. iii. H.E the former President of the Republic of Ghana. iv. Ministers and Deputy Ministers of State.
3.Senior Government Officials.
4.Members of the NPP and NDC, and
vii. The Football Family.
I owe them my deepest apologies because in my interaction with the supposed Sheikh from Qatar and his agents, I made comments that were not responsible for having regard to my stature and experience. Those comments resulted from a poor exercise of discretion arising on the spur of the moment and in the circumstances in which I interacted with the supposed Sheikh and his agents. I think I was carried away by the lies represented to me. I am deeply sorry for the inconveniences my unguarded utterances have caused you.
I also apologize to well-meaning and discerning Ghanaians, who I have by virtue of my indiscretion offended.
I extend the same level of apology to my family, friends and associates for the anguish and hardship this issue has created for them.
3. FACTS
In or about September 2017, Mr. Abdulai Alhassan (Mr. Alhassan), then Chairman of the Northern Region Football Association called and informed me that a certain Sheikh Al-Thani of Qatar (Sheikh) had expressed the interest in sponsoring the Ghana Premier League for $5m per annum for 3 years. Mr. Alhassan explained that information about the Sheikh’s interest in sponsoring the Ghana Premier League got to him from a certain Mr. Ahmed Hussein Suale (Suale) who is based in Qatar and Dubai. Mr. Alhassan told me that he knew Mr. Suale in Tamale and believed that the offer was genuine. He further informed me that Mr. Suale had been working with the Sheikh for at least 7 years for which reason the offer was worth considering.
Based on the representations Suale/Alhassan/I at Coco Vanilla (a restaurant at Adjiriganor, Accra) where we discussed the subject. During the meetings Mr. Suale confirmed to both Mr. Alhassan and I that:
(i) Sheikh Al-Thani wanted to set up an oil refinery in Ghana.
(ii) That as a businessman, Sheikh Al-Thani had similar investments in Cote D’Ivoire, Botswana, Lesotho and other parts of Africa.
(iii) The Sheikh Al-Thani was the majority shareholder of their family business known as MedGulf Construction Limited.
Mr. Suale further said that in 2016, Sheikh had initiated a similar move to establish an oil refinery in Ghana. He had held discussions with the previous Government.
Mr. Suale then told us that the Sheikh gave $8m in financial support to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) political party and the then President, John Mahama in December 2016 for the General Elections.
Mr. Suale also said that the Sheikh was ready to offer financial support to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in mitigation of expenses incurred in the run-up to the 2016 General Elections. He then sought our advice.
I responded by saying that if Sheikh Al-Thani spent $8m on a party that had lost Elections, it makes sense to spend the same amount or more on the party that won the election. I further stated that the President, Vice President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers all came out of a costly election so in making the provision to offer financial support to the party, he should donate to the NPP party:
•$5m in the name of (not to) the President
•$3m in the name of (not to) the Vice President • $2m in the name of (not to) Minister and
•$1m in the name of (not to) Deputy Minister
I advised that these amounts should be paid to the NPP party subject to the political parties law. These statements were made in the spirit of a general discussion and were made believing that all present were genuine and credible.
Subsequently, Suale and I met the supposed Sheikh in Dubai where I was tricked to repeat the donations in the name of the above officials. I did not know that I was being recorded. I certainly would have exercised a better discretion if I knew I was being recorded.
I would request that, Tiger Eye does us a favour by playing the full videos/audios of all the meetings held with Suale. The only occasion I met the supposed Sheihk was the meeting in Dubai.
The video/audio presented to the public cannot be appreciated outside the context of all the meetings and discussions held.
Now, after the meetings at Coco Vanilla, Accra, Mr. Suale confirmed that Sheikh Al-Thani wanted to meet us in Dubai. They offered to provide pre-paid air tickets. Mr. Suale, however, subsequently advised that the Sheikh had requested that I pre-finance the trip and be reimbursed.
I agreed and travelled to Dubai. I did not meet the Sheikh as promised. I paid for my ticket and hotel for the trip. Mr. Suale then arranged a second trip which was the only occasion I met the supposed Sheikh.
Mr Suale provided me with an outboard air ticket (Dubai- Cairo) only contrary to an earlier agreement to finance an all round trip for me (Accra-Dubai-Accra). Its clearly discernible that apart from a partial leg of the trips I was owed for the rest of airfares board and lodging which were incurred at the request of Mr Suale.
There was, however, a third trip the circumstances of which are unrelated to me personally although the Sheikh again requested through Mr. Suale that I pre-finance the trip to be reimbursed later. Since this trip does not relate to me personally, I do not think it necessary to disclose its details. I also paid for this trip.
It was during my second trip to Dubai that the Sheikh gave me $40,000.00 as reimbursement for the air tickets I pre-financed for my two(2) trips and the third trip.
It must be emphasized that I did not receive any other monies from the Sheikh for any other purpose.
I did not receive any monies for myself or on behalf of the President, the Vice President or any other senior Government official. Let me also clarify that H.E the President, H.E. the Vice President, Ministers and Deputy Ministers and Senior Government Officials had no prior knowledge or subsequent knowledge of all the discussions contained in the video.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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***barred word*** man, you know where to take ya issue to. the best for you is to remain silent and enjoy the money. ***barred word*** bus.tard. you should have been in jail by now, you know the law of karma right, what you did to ONE MAN SUPPORTER. is time you repent, apologise to ya wife asfter disgracing her publicly by marrying that young girl. you were nebucchatnazzer, go to hell, someone is in prison for lil fight, someone because of mobile phone and others calling you a thi.ef. you got songo fired. come on, i feel like shoo.ting this guy, masa ***barred word*** before we even try to retrieve all the money from you, non.sense.
Without hard evidence, these white color a.rmed rubbers will always find an escape rute. Those of you who have questions for Anas that he takes bribe and kill cases should also bring evidence to support their allegations. By the way, what's the work of Special Prosecutor? Ghanaians are waiting to see his actions. Or is being paid for nothing? Akuffo Addo, look, this is your BECE test. If you fail Ghanaians won't forget you. We already know Nyantakyi financed your campaign. And you would be given 5 million if the deal succeeded. We're all watching. Use your lawyer power to twist matters.
I tempted to ask whether Mr. Foh Amoning is a lawyer and belief in fair play where an acused stand innocent until proven guilty. No matter how you destroy NYantakyi the so called apostle of good deed can never reach the level Nyantakyi put the name of the country.People like Dan K. Yeboah, Osei Kofi, Randy Abbey and their cohorts will fail and receive the punishment for setting an innocent man Nyantakyi legacy will leave forever. The government should also tread carefully to avoid any embarrassment on this case. Investigate thoroughly bring anybody who in one way or another go wrong to face the law instead of listening to sentiment of selfish individual who themselves are very corrupt and morally bankrupt to determine the pace. For ANAS his days are Numbered. Remember you are a Human being and have classmates, friends and not thrown from the sky. Remember this song by Mr.AAA and deliberate on it IF YOU DO GOOD...... For Kweku Baako never trust a human beings.
like u said u have no evidence not even a doctored one. so i were u i would have shu@t up. ur greediness has brought u this shame. unfortunately it has affected the image of the country as well. the over 20millions lawyers and judges in this country had already crucif1ed u and no amount of talk and/or any evidence will save u. Anas is a smart cr1m1nal. why do u think he goes from place to place showing his videos? it is all because he doesnt want anyone to listen to what u or anybody caught on his video will say abt him. if u believe he is just out there to tarnish ur image and that u are pure then take him to the natural courts. there are some very powerful ones in Benin who will listen to ur case and give u the video evidence instantly. the man made courts will not help u. this is not the first time Anas is coming out with this kind of videos and i keep wondering why ple will not learn from it and prepare themselves for this kind of situations when it comes to them. rather their only interest is to go watch whoever is being caught in their video and come out to crucify them. the same ple hailing Anas today will be the same ple who will be caught in his next video. as u mock these ple today know that ur own mockery is also on its way. I dont support evil but i will also not support ple who give ple opportunity to commit evil. we condemn ple who takes bribe but praises the one who gives the bribe. there is a saying that if ur neighbors house is on fire u either help him/her call the fire service or go fetch water to keep in your house. on that note I will advise everyone to record any gift u collect from anyone. no matter who is giving it to u be it ur father, mother, spouse brother, sister or whoever. make sure u record it and keep it for the future. make sure u ask if it is a bribe or a gift before u collect it. if u dont do this, u will also be mocked like we are currently doing to this victims of Anas. thank me later
Anas is a bogusss man who has lost his credibility.. just go to ***barred word*** and type ANAS SPOTTED AT AIRPORT, you will see how uglyyy he is to be framing people up jx like that. stuuuuupidddd methodology. im happy GHanaians have now started attacking Anas. we have to cause a revolution on him. who does he think he is to be f000ooling with Ghanaians.
KWASI NYANTAKYI WOULD HAVE DONE HIMSELF A GREAT DEAL OF GOOD IF HE HAD KEPT SILENT ON THIS AND PRAYED TO HIS MAKER TO FORGIVE HIM THAN TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO READ MEANINGS INTO WHAT HE HAS DONE AND REDICULE HIM
Ok so back to basics. What does it take if someone expresses interest in sponsoring the premier league? Is it only KN and his friends who meet at a place and give directives on the sponsorship deal?By the way what about the formation of the "ghost" agent company proposed by KN to chop 25% of the supposed 15million usd sponsorship deal? I guess all the trips were supposed to be official, was the FA aware of all these and how did a proposed sponsor pay for meetings concerning the deal? Please KN let me hear from you soon on the above. Thank you.
As one who hates corruption, Kwesi Nyantakyi, in my view should have immediately reported the $150K bribe demand by Anas on him to the police. I wish him well, anyway.
The English people have a saying - "WHEN YOU ARE IN A HOLE, STOP DIGGING". Unfortunately the over inflated ego of this man has kicked in and he will continue digging till the hole is so deep that he will not be able to climb out of it and if he is not careful the soil will collapse on him and he will be buried in the hole.
Cock and bull story. Go tell it to the marines.