Ghana Football Association (GFA) Communications Director Ibrahim Saani Daara has vowed to ‘seek redress at the right quarters’ after he was alleged to have received a bribe to influence player selection in an explosive corruption documentary.
Saani Daara maintained he ‘absolutely did not receive any money or use the money’ he was offered by an agent of a private investigations company TigerEye PI who posed as a brother to a footballer who wanted a call-up to the Black Stars Team B.
In the footage, Saani Daara advised the agent to encourage his brother to work hard for a call-up because player selection is based on player performance.
When 4,000 cedis in cash is presented to him, Saani Daara would not touch it or take it but directed it is given to man standing next to him whose face was blurred in the footage. According to Anas, this man is a friend to Saani Daara
Anas who owns TigerEye PI would later explain the money was given to this man as directed by Saani Daara who confirmed he had forwarded it to the GFA spokesperson.
Breaking his silence since the documentary was publicly screened, Mr. Daara questioned Anas for blurring the face of the person whom he asked that the money be given him.
If the faces was shown in the video, it would be clear that the man is not his friend but a friend to Anas. The GFA spokesperson said he usually meets this man at the stadium during Hearts of Oak matches and gets pestered for money.
This un-named person whom he asked the agent of Anas to give the money to, did not forward any such money to him. TigerEye PI’s bid to get a player selected through undue influence also failed as he was not called up to the team.
Source: Myjoyonline.com
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saani this time around your cup is full you cant employ any coefficient tactics here ...you are corrupt because you could have REJECTED it like other INCORRUPTIBLE men did.excuse us
mr.Saani you had all the opportunity in the world to reject the said bribe but you did not rather instructed that it be given to another person ....we are not kids man .masa you took the cash but u used the diplomatic approach ....chop make i chop people like master like apprentice
How come some people were offered the so call bribe but they rejected but u asked someone to take on ur behalf.
DOES IT MEAN THERE IS NO RECORDED EVIDENCE OF THE ACCUSED FINALLY COLLECTING THE MONEY? IS THAT HOW TIGER EYE OPERATES? HAVE WE TRIED TO IDENTIFY WHO THE AID IS? WHY IS THE FACE OF THE AID BEING BLURRED? ALL FAIR-MINDED PERSONS SHOULD BE ASKING THESE AND OTHER QUESTIONS IF WE ARE TO ARRIVE AT THE TRUTH.
If you set somebody up for bribery and you present money to him with an intention of creating a bribery scenario to record, is it something Ghanaians must be so excited about? Anas is equally as guilty as those he accuses. His method is unlawful and not well intended. Somebody must stop him.