Former GFA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi
Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwesi Nyantakyi has expressed disappointment with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) over their negligence in his legal battles.
According to him, he expected the party to cancel his court case, which he has been battling for years, to clear him of corruption allegations.
The former GFA boss noted that when he contested the NPP parliamentary primaries in the Ejisu constituency, the case was discussed within the party, but no action was taken.
“Even during my prime time to contest the seat, it was an issue within the party. I thought that if I contested, they [NPP] would have canceled the court case,” he said in an interview with Hot FM.
Nyantakyi lamented the emotional toll and financial strain of his five-year legal battle, which remains unresolved.
“I haven’t spent any government money, I haven’t killed anybody, but I’m still in court,” he lamented.
Although Nyantakyi didn’t specify the case, he faces charges of fraud and corruption related to Anas Aremeyaw Anas’s “#Number 12 exposé.”
Abdulai Alhassan, the former Northern Regional GFA boss and second accused, also faces a conspiracy to commit fraud charge. Both have pleaded not guilty.
When the case was last called on June 10, 2024, Justice Marie-Louise Simmons stated that the High Court would await the Court of Appeal’s decision before proceeding with Nyantakyi’s trial [1).
The case was adjourned to October 16, 2024, after the court failed to sit on July 10, 2024, when the parties were expected to update the court on the appeal.
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