Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas says he is not rejoicing after FIFA handed a lifetime ban to former Ghana Football Association President Kwesi Nyantakyi who was implicated in a bribery sting operation.
The undercover investigation masterminded by Anas and his Tiger Eye PI company and was published in a documentary titled Number12.
Number12 filmed Nyantakyi taking $65,000 (£48,000) from an undercover reporter pretending to be a businessman.
The documentary also formed the basis of Anas' petition to the world governing football body, FIFA to investigate allegations of corruption against the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi.
Anas who is speaking at the ongoing African Investigative Journalism Conference in Johannesburg said Number12 fought a system and not a personality.
"I haven't seen the story yet and so I would at this stage just say no comment," Anas said.
"A lot of these issues are in court and strategically so. I am not one person who loves to rejoice about somebody's misfortune. I think that I fought a system and not a personality and I am happy that the system is down and I am happy that changes are being brought. For me, those are very, very important issues".
Background
FIFA's adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee banned the former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwasi Nyantakyi for life from all football-related activities.
The Committee found Mr Nyantakyi guilty of having violated Article 19 (conflict of interest), Article 21 (Bribery and corruption) and Article 22 (Commission) of the FIFA Code of Ethics, 2012 edition.
Mr Nyantakyi was additionally fined 500,000 Swiss Francs (over GH₡2.4million).
The adjudicatory chamber carried out a formal investigation into Nyantakyi after he was filmed apparently accepting a "cash gift" in an undercover documentary titled Number12.
He was initially suspended on June 8 (two days after the premiere of Number12) for 90 days by the Committee.
On September 5, FIFA extended that ban by an additional 45 days.
Source: Daily Graphic
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Those insulting Anas are just like that Nyantakyi. Angel Anas we need more of your work. God bless Anas
lets get the cia MI5 ,or mozia of isreal to elimainte him, DOWNFALL OF GHANA
ANAS, YOU ARE O.K NOW SO DONT PRETEND AS IF YOU ARE SAD. YOUR TIME OF GRACE WILL COME SOON.
good work.he is just a greedy man.......and to talking ***barred word*** about anas,,,.he used the same system for some people in the video but they refuse to take any money from anas. so my questions is IS KWASI NYANTAKYI BETTER THAN LAWYER KWAKU AYIAH AND CO WHO REJECTED THE MONEY.
***barred word*** akronfo) adwoa serwaa and ADU GYAMFI. People like you wreck our nation. K-0RRUP-T fuuuulls
if indeed Anas collected a bribe from Hafiz and did what we saw in the who watches the watch man, then his punishment ll be worst than Nyantakyi and all those he has caused reputational damage to.
THE EVIL THAT MEN DO LEAVES AFTER THEM. FEAR NO MAN WHEN YOUR HANDS ARE CLEAN.WHEN YOU ARE IN A POSITION OF TRUST PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT GIFTS. GHANAIANS IN AUTHORITY ARE TOO GREEDY FOR MONEY. IF YOU KNOW ANAS IS AROUND TO SET YOU UP,THEN BE SINCERE AND HONEST IN PERFORMING YOUR HONEST DUTIES TO THE MOTHERLAND.KUDOS! KUDOS! TO YOU ANAS! ANAS!.MAY THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST GUIDE YOU TO EXPOSE THE ROT IN OUR SYSTEM.
Anas, your day will come.
EVILL MAN ANAS ALL YOU WANT IS SETTING PEOPLE UP AND WAIT FOR THEIR DOWN FALL .. YOUR TIME WILL COME SOON ...