Credit: Independent.com

By Gary Raynaldo  DIPLOMATIC TIMES

An undercover journalist who helped expose corruption in African football was shot dead  Wednesday in Ghana capital city Accra. Unidentified men on motorbikes gunned down Ahmed Hussein-Suale.  The journalist was part of a team led by award-winning journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, whose investigation led to the resignation of the head of the Ghana Football Association. Husein was shot in the neck and chest by unknown gunmen on his way home on Wednesday night in the capital Accra, police said.  Football’s world governing body FIFA last October banned former Ghana FA boss Kwesi Nyantakyi for life and fined him nearly $500 000 after he was seen on camera accepting bribes. The Committee to Protect Journalists called for an immediate investigation and for Ghanaian authorities to “ensure that threats against the press are taken seriously”.

Nyantakyi was accused of requesting $11m to secure government contracts. Eight referees and assistant referees were also banned for life and 53 officials were subject to 10-year bans. Fourteen officials were exonerated. The revelations rocked Ghana, where football is the national sport and which prides itself as being a stable democracy in an often turbulent region. Husein had previously made a complaint to police after a Ghanaian politician, Kennedy Agyapong, showed his photograph on a private television channel, according to the Guardian. 

Last Year, President of Ghana Olympic Committee Called For Tougher Laws To Combat Illegal Football Betting

Credit INTERPOL / President of the Ghana Olympic Committee Ben Nunoo-Mensah attended Interpol’s Match-Fixing conference in Lyon, Sept. 11, 2018.  Nunoo-Mensah advocated for tougher laws to deal with the growing menace of illegal betting in football in Ghana and on the African continent.