dentity: Should Anas unmask? Appeal Court Decide
Thursday, January 30, 2025, has been set aside for The Court of Appeal to decide on the prosecution’s appeal against the High Court’s order for investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas to unmask in front of Kwasi Nyantakyi before testifying in open court.
The panel of three, presided over by Justice Anthony Oppong, has set the date after the parties were ordered to file their respective written submissions on December 16, 2024.
The Appeal’s Court decision will determine the progress of the matter before the High Court.
Charges
The former GFA president was charged with fraud and corruption over his involvement in Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ investigative exposé, Number 12.
Nyantakyi, along with former Northern Regional GFA representative Abdulai Alhassan, has been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud. Both have pleaded not guilty.
The two football administrators remain on their previous bail sum of GH₵1 million each with three sureties to be justified. They are also required to report to the case investigator until the final determination of the case.
Background
Nyantakyi came under heavy criticism after the content of Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ investigative piece, Number 12, was aired in Ghana on June 6, 2018.
The video captured Nyantakyi allegedly taking $65,000 (approximately £48,000) from an undercover reporter posing as a businessman. It also showed top GFA officials, including Nyantakyi, allegedly accepting bribes to influence player selection, playing time, and referee appointments.
The exposé further implicated over 100 referees who were allegedly caught accepting bribes to manipulate match outcomes in favor of certain teams.
Following the documentary’s screening, which drew over 3,000 attendees, widespread calls emerged for the complete dissolution of the GFA and the resignation of Nyantakyi.
Nyantakyi, who also served as the first vice president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), eventually resigned from all football-related positions. FIFA later suspended him and subsequently banned him for life from all football activities.
