"Nothing will happen in Kwesi Nyantakyi" – predicts Asiedu Nketia

General News of Sunday, March 31, 2019

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2019-03-31

NDC Secretary General Johnson Asiedu Nketia is convinced that the government can not muster the political will needed to prosecute, said GFA Shaw director Kwesi Nyantakyi at the center of a presentation on corruption in the administration of sport.

"My sincere opinion is that nothing will happen to Kwesi Nyantakyi," he said in his signature derision.

Anas Aremeyaw, an investigative journalist, Anas, who did the exhibition, expressed frustration after the delay in prosecuting the lawsuit, nearly a year after being accused of having defrauded under a false pretext, in May 2018. Money laundering problems also persist.

Ghana's best-performing sports administrator has been captured in a video, using the name of the president and vice president to urge potential investors to separate from millions of people.

He told the potential investor who was an undercover investigator, that he could "take control of the entire country" if he was paying money to key people in the government.

The Attorney General has dismissed the requests, the Justice Department is dithering. Gloria Akuffo explained, the A-G department is waiting for the complete raw and uncut tape to move the case.

But Anas' lawyer, Kissi Agyabeng, was not impressed by this explanation and pointed out that the A-G had already received all the requested documents.

Reciprocal explanations do not surprise NDC Secretary General Asiedu Nketia, who participated in Joy News's news badysis program Saturday, Newsfile.

"I said that the day he was arrested by the CID," he said, saying that the former boss of the GFA would escape the sanctions provided by Ghanaian law.

"I said it was just a storm for the cup of tea. I hope that I will prove that I am wrong ".

Asiedu Nketia explained that the investigative documentary video broadcast in Accra and Kumasi in crowded rooms showed that Kwesi Nyantakyi was a politically connected person, a description that discourages governments, he said.

"The challenge of fighting corruption has been to deal with someone who is in touch with a particular government," said the man who said at several meetings of President John Mahama's cabinet.

Although the president has officially lodged a complaint against Nyantakyi, according to Asiedu Nketia, this does not prove his commitment to fight against corruption.

He added that there could be deliberate mistakes during the prosecution process, aimed at helping the suspect to free himself.

"These lawyers know how to destroy cases," he said, explaining that erroneous accusations could be made and that arrests at the wrong time could help a suspect escape justice.

Anas Aremeyaw Anas has launched an online petition to collect signatures and put pressure on the government for it to take action. "I will now find a way to sign the petition," he laughed and noted that pressure from civil society groups was helping politicians to sit down.

He recalled the president as a candidate promised in 2015 to use what he called the "Anas principle", which uses infiltration methods to fight corruption.

Anas is there, the laws are in place and Akufo-Addo is president, he said, asking what could prevent the government from applying this principle.

"I want to convince them to prove to me that they are right," he said.

The NDC Secretary General said that the special prosecutor offered the best chance of a successful prosecution because it was created in the hope that it was independent of any political influence.