Fraud case against ex-Ghana FA boss dropped after five years
A high court in Ghana has discharged Kwesi Nyantakyi, the former president of the country’s football association (GFA), after a complex five-year legal battle.He was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and corruption after being filmed taking money from a reporter during a sting investigation in 2018.Alongside his Ghana Football Association role, Nyantakyi served as a vice-president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) and was also a member of the Fifa council.He was given a life ban by football’s world governing body for breaking bribery and corruption rules, but that sanction was later reduced to 15 years on appeal. Nyantakyi pleaded not guilty to the charges that arose from the investigation, which sought to expose corruption in African football and was reported by BBC Africa Eye.The case against him collapsed after Ghanaian state prosecutors failed to present any of their five potential witnesses, including undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.Anas had wanted to testify wearing a mask to protect his anonymity and because of security concerns.
