George Afriyie, the former Vice President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has revealed the reason behind his damning text message to the then-President of the GFA, Kwasi Nyantakyi.
George Afriyie’s tenure as Ghana football’s second-in-command ended abruptly after an Executive Committee meeting in April 2018.
In a scathing response, he fired off a text message to his former boss, Kwasi Nyantakyi, describing him as “greedy and wicked.”
After almost seven years, the former Vice President of the GFA has finally disclosed the real reason behind sending the text message.
Afriyie revealed that a meeting held by Nyantakyi after Ghana’s game against Mexico in June 2017 prompted the former GFA President to relieve him of his duties.
Speaking during an interview with Asempa FM, Afriyie explained how being tagged as an NDC member and accused of sabotage triggered him to send the text message.
“They held a meeting in Asiamah’s (former Minister for Youth and Sports) office without me, even though I was the chairman of the Black Stars management team. During the meeting, they said I was an NDC member and that’s why I was sabotaging the GFA. Everything they said in the meeting was relayed to me by someone who was present. That person even told me that the person I had always defended was the one tagging me as NDC and accusing me of sabotage,” he said.
Afriyie also revealed that he sent the text message to two other people who were close to Nyantakyi in order to make them aware of the situation.
“I’m revealing it today. I sent the message to two other people—two of his best friends who are loyal to Kwasi Nyantakyi: Sannie Daara and Nana Kwame Nketiah of Berekum Chelsea. I wanted them to know how the man we were helping had turned against us,” he added.
The infamous text messages, combined with concerns over trust and loyalty, are widely seen as the catalyst for the fallout between Afriyie and Nyantakyi.
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