I don’t trust Anas’ investigations – Ex-GFA chairman Dr Nyaho-Nyaho Tamakloe

Former Ghana Football Association [GFA] chairman, Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has insisted that the findings of Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ investigations into Ghana football were problematic.

The award-winning investigative journalist in June 2018 premiered a video dubbed ‘Number 12’, a documentary that exposed the rot in the Ghana football system.

Football officials and referees were caught on tape engaging in bribery and corruption.

Speaking on the findings, Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe, who is a board member of Hearts of Oak stated that he has never trusted any investigative findings from the ace investigation journalist and his Tiger Eye PI team.

“In investigative journalism, the idea is to spring surprises. If you have been able to gather your information and certain names have been mentioned, you don’t disclose it to the people [whose names were mentioned in your investigations],” he explained on Metro TV.

Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe added, “in that particular program [Number 12], the President’s name was mentioned, the Vice’s name was mentioned and other people…you hold [your findings] to your chest and let the public be the first to watch; that is why you are an investigative journalist.

“The moment those at the top of the affairs, whose names were mentioned [see it] they will take measures to clean themselves and that is what happened in Number 12.

“A lot of people believed in that gentleman [Anas] that he was doing a clean job but to me, no. I have been following carefully too. Why do you disclose your findings before the general public gets to know about it?” he quizzed.

“Those who were affected were able to clean themselves and then unfortunately because Kwesi Nyantakyi is defenseless, everybody left him and he faced the problem. But I can tell you that it was planned by his detractors,” Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe observed.

He noted that the former GFA President was not particular about certain things.

“When they set up a trap, you should be able to know it. Because the boy [Kwesi Nyantakyi] was climbing gradually but for that problem, he would have been the first African to head FIFA. So, what the Speaker (Alban Bagbin) said is true,” Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe stressed.