Former President of the Ghana Football Association, Kwesi Nyantakyi, has said he does not blame investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas for the Number 12 exposé that led to his downfall, insisting that he takes responsibility for his own actions.
The Number 12 documentary, released in 2018, exposed widespread corruption in Ghanaian football and led to Mr Nyantakyi’s resignation from his positions at the GFA, CAF, and FIFA.
Speaking on Joy News on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, Mr Nyantakyi said he harboured no bitterness toward Anas and had chosen to reflect inwardly rather than assign blame.
“I don’t think about him. I hold nothing against him. I blame myself,” he said.
Mr Nyantakyi, however, questioned the credibility of the investigation, arguing that Anas never personally engaged with him during the undercover operation.
“Anas claims that he did the Number 12 exposé on me, but I never met him. He operated like the way a terrorist would in another country, and when there is a bombing somewhere, he says, ‘I am the one’. That was what he did. So, I have nothing against him,” he said.
He further argued that the failure of Anas to testify in court undermined the legitimacy of the allegations made against him.
“This is a man who said he has done an investigation on corruption that involved me. For five years now, he has been asked to come to court and testify against me, and he never showed up,” Mr Nyantakyi said.
According to him, the refusal to appear in court suggested the investigation could not withstand legal scrutiny.
“This means that whatever he did is a hoax. If he believed in it, he would have come to court for him to be cross-examined,” he said.
Mr Nyantakyi stressed that under Ghana’s legal system, no individual could be condemned without being granted a fair hearing.
“Because nobody can be condemned in this country unless you are given a fair hearing. If you have not been given that hearing, then you cannot be condemned by the law,” he added.
