By Victor Kanayo
After a long legal battle, a high court has discharged former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Kwesi Nyantekyi.
It was a five-year legal battle in which Nyantekyi was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and corruption after being filmed taking money from a reporter during a sting investigation in 2018, BBC reports.
Alongside his GFA role, Nyantekyi 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.
Nyantekyi 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 due to security concerns.
