General Manager of Aduana Stars Football Club, Takyi “Thunder” Arhin, has expressed that the circumstances leading to the downfall of former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President, Kwesi Nyantakyi, could happen to anyone in football administration.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with ChannelOne TV, Arhin shared his thoughts following Nyantakyi’s discharge in the case linked to investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ Number 12 exposé.
Nyantakyi had been filmed accepting money from an undercover journalist posing as a businessman, leading to charges of conspiracy to commit fraud and corruption. However, Ghana’s High Court recently discharged him due to the prosecution’s inability to present Anas as a witness.
While Arhin criticized Anas’ exposé for setting Ghana football back by 50 years, he also showed sympathy toward Nyantakyi’s plight.
We are all thieves, but if you are not caught, you are not a thief. What happened to Kwesi could have happened to anyone. When one of us is in trouble, we tend to exaggerate things. As humans, we should learn to forgive our brother. Moving forward, I believe he has learned valuable lessons and won’t find himself in such a situation again.