"Free Kwesi Nyantakyi movement" gathers momentum as Ghanaian clubs send petition to President Akufo Addo to free former FA chief

A petition by Ghanaian football clubs to get President Akufo Addo to pardon former FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi has received massive endorsements, GHANAsoccernet.com can report. 

Chief, Division One, Women's football clubs just as the territorial FA squares have marked "Free Kwesi Nyantakyi development" appeal to the Ghanaian pioneer requesting forgiveness for the previous FIFA Council part

The clubs need the state to discard the lawful activity against the previous CAF VP, who is serving a daily existence time boycott by FIFA.

The Ghanaian football clubs including giants Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko want President Akufo Addo to invoke his prerogative of mercy under Article 72 of the Constitution to withdraw the legal suit against the former FA boss.

Ghana’s former football president Kwesi Nyantakyi is serving a life-time ban  after being found guilty of bribery and corruption.

FIFA’s ethics committee banned Nyantakyi “for life from all football-related activities (administrative, sports or any other) at both national and international level,”.

The committee found Nyantakyi guilty of “conflicts of interest”, “bribery and corruption” and “commission” after being caught on camera accepting bribes.

In June 2018, a narrative by questionable analytical columnist Anas Aremeyaw Anas was communicated demonstrating concealed camera film of Ghanaian authorities supposedly accepting hush money, including Nyantakyi.

Nyantakyi was blamed for mentioning $11 million (9.3 million euros) to make sure about government contracts.

The disclosures shook Ghana, where football is simply the public game and which prides just like a steady vote based system in a frequently tempestuous locale.

Mr Nyantakyi, who demands he is honest, is battling his case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).