{"id":15709,"date":"2026-01-06T21:33:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15709"},"modified":"2026-01-06T21:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:33:53","slug":"number-12-expose-ruined-my-reputation-daughter-questioned-my-integrity-kwesi-nyantakyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=15709","title":{"rendered":"Number 12 Expos\u00e9 Ruined My Reputation, Daughter Questioned My Integrity \u2013 Kwesi Nyantakyi&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"637\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-100613.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-100613.png 637w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-06-100613-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) president Kwesi Nyantakyi has described the personal and professional impact of investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw\u2019s expos\u00e9 on his life as \u201cirreparable,\u201d while urging the journalist to leave him out of his conscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the AM Show, Nyantakyi reflected on the fallout from the 2018 \u201cNumber 12\u201d undercover investigation, which exposed widespread corruption in Ghanaian football and led to his lifetime ban from football administration by the GFA Ethics Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe damage is irreparable, but I don\u2019t have anything against him. He should relax. If his conscience is battling with him, it\u2019s between him and God,\u201d Nyantakyi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former football chief also revealed the emotional strain the expos\u00e9 placed on his family, recounting an incident involving his nine-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy daughter was in GIS at that time, and she asked me, \u2018Daddy, is it true that you are a thief?\u2019 I said, how are you to know from this funny question? She said she heard it on the radio. Imagine a judgment by your own daughter that you heard you are a thief,\u201d Nyantakyi told the show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the expos\u00e9 damaged his reputation and disrupted opportunities in both professional and personal spheres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe condescending posture of some people towards you\u2026They see you as a condemned criminal. The aura of respectability around you is broken. It was very damning,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nyantakyi also expressed gratitude to friends who supported him through the personal turmoil following the scandal, highlighting the significant social and psychological consequences of the public revelations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cNumber 12\u201d investigation, which aired in 2018, shook Ghanaian football to its core, exposing officials soliciting bribes and influencing refereeing decisions, leading to sweeping reforms in the GFA and the banning of several officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) president Kwesi Nyantakyi has described the personal and professional impact of investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw\u2019s expos\u00e9 on his life as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15711,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15709\/revisions\/15711"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}