The much-anticipated investigative documentary by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, “Number 12”, will be shown to the public in Accra today.
The documentary, which has generated much controversy, will reveal the extent of rot in Ghana’s football administration.
The prying eyes of the investigative team of the celebrated investigative journalist captured back-room deals before matches are played.
The close to two-hour documentary will depicts how 77 Ghanaian referees allegedly take bribes to influence their decisions in football matches.
According to excerpts of the documentary, six officials of the National Sports Authority have been caught on video entering into visa deals.
Another 14 officials of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) are also believed to have been captured on video taking various sums in bribe to engage in match fixing.
Shocking scenes are expected to be played out to football fans who had suffered heartaches in matches they watched in the past.
However all hope is not lost as it is believed that there were about two men who still very much stood by their conscience refusing to take bribes. These men are believed to be Mr Kwaku Ayiah, a lawyer, and Mr J.F. Mensah, a match commissioner with the GFA.
Readers will be treated to more details from the video in the coming days.
Nyantakyi v Anas team
Portions of the statement which the GFA President, Mr Kwesi Nyantakyi, gave to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, in which he is purported to have said that the Anas “investors” told him that they (investors) financed former President John Mahama’s campaign in the past have been leaked to the media.
Communicators of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have hit back, denying the claim and stating that, indeed, the Anas investors never existed in the first place.
Battle
It has been a week of battles, as critics of Anas, such as the Member of Parliament for Assin North, Mr Kennedy Agyapong, has sought to use traditional media to discredit Anas.
But Anas’s mentor, Mr Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako Junior, has met the MP boot for boot in an attempt to repel any form of attack.
FIFA
Anas has decided to report an alleged misconduct by Mr Nyantakyi to world football’s governing body, FIFA.
The documentary is said to have captured Nyantakyi on video entering into sponsorship deals with some investors who ended up being undercover agents of Anas.
Nyantakyi’s conduct, a source said, contravened FIFA’s ethics.
The Daily Graphic has gathered that Anas has delivered the petition at the FIFA Headquarters in Switzerland.
“This issue is beyond Ghana,”a source close to the investigations told the Daily Graphic.
“Just a little portion of the video features Ghana. It is an international operation and will be handled as such,” it said.
Meanwhile, FIFA is on record to have stated that it is monitoring the events in Ghana keenly as they unfold, however Mr Nyantakyi continues to deny any wrongdoing.
According to him, he deserved recognition for his impressive work towards the growth of Ghana football.
Build up
Anas has released an exciting and suspense-filled piece on his social media page eulogizing the men who have contributed to the growth of Ghana football.
“It is for these poor folks, the duped, long-suffering fans and the numerous sports journalists, some of whom I have mentioned here — journalists who get to work at the crack of dawn and stay late to bring up-to-date news to the public — that I have undertaken this "Number 12" assignment.
“It is for the sake of more sanity and transparency that I have decided to scrape clean this tainted football system for a fresh start.
“The very foundation of Ghana football will collapse in a heap, to be rebuilt by the concerned sports journalists and the honest football people who will remain standing,” Anas stated.
He is, accordingly, urging Ghanaians to hold their breaths for what he terms the “explosive exposé in the coming days”.
President reports
Meanwhile, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reported the conduct of Mr Nyantakyi to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service for allegedly using his (President’s) name in an attempt to extort money from potential investors.
Source: graphic.com.gh
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@AnasisACriminal - S h a m e on you! l guess you benefitted from the thiefing. A man is jailed for 2 years for stealing a bunch of plantain. Yet politicians s t e a l millions of dollars yet they walk free on our streets. Have you asked Freddy Blay how he got money to buy 275 buses for all the constituencies in Ghana. He could not buy them when NPP was in opposition but can do that today if even he borrow the money from the bank. 1 constituency 1 bus.
...tip or bribery...they are same...hahahaha...
so now what? u expose ple taking bribes and what do u want us to do with it? what will that change in this country. bribery is part of human nature and u Anas u are not a saint urself in that direction. if I am in my office and u bring me some money asking for something i can do for u I will take it. it is called tip and not bribery. in fact I will make sure we make that distinction be4 i take the money. i will ask u if it is bribe or tip. if u say it is bribe i will have u arrested by the police immediately. well sometimes i blame all these greedy ple who at the smell of money behaves like they have no brains. they are those that will make stup1@d ple like Anas to have a career. I have two questions for Anas: 1. Were any of the persons caught on camera stealing the state's money? 2. Where did he get all that money to bribe the ple from? Guys u need to wake up and think for urself and stop following cr1m1nals like Anas.