Former President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi has disclosed that he supported Wilfred Osei Kweku Palmer as the candidate he wanted to see elected as the new President of the GFA.
Palmer, who owns Tema Youth FC, ran for the presidency in the 2019 GFA elections.
However, weeks before the election, he was disqualified by the Elections Committee of the Normalization Committee.
Palmer, a leading contender for the position, failed the integrity test during the vetting process and was also accused of not remitting a percentage to the FA after selling one of his players.
In an interview with Lawson FM, Nyantakyi, who also served as CAF 1st Vice President and a former FIFA official, revealed that Kurt Okraku, who ultimately won the election, reached out to him for assistance in securing votes.
Nyantakyi recounted that, despite Okraku’s request, he had been in favour of Palmer’s candidacy.
“A day before the elections, Kurt Okraku called me to help him to win the election so I called the delegates to come to my house for a meeting.
“Out of the 123 delegates, about 60 of them came to my house at night. I spoke to them and they agreed to vote for Kurt Okraku.
“Kurt Okraku did not give me any money and even days before the elections, nobody approached me but before that, I was rooting for Osei Palmer to become the President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
“I was sad when he was disqualified by the Elections Committee,” he added.
Okraku is currently serving his second term as president of the GFA.
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