[ 2015-03-30 ]

Dzamefe Commission indicts officials; AG studies report
President John Mahama has been given the
long-awaited Justice Dzamefe Commission report
into Ghana’s participation in the 2014 World
Cup.

Although details of the 400-page report were not
made public, Commission sources have hinted to
Starrfmonline.com some officials have been
indicted and could face prosecution.

President Mahama has handed over the bulky report
to the Attorney General’s Department to study
and to advice on the way forward.

Mahama set up the three-member Commission to
investigate the backroom rumpus that contributed
to Ghana’s early exit from the global showpiece
in Brazil. It was the Black Stars’ third
appearance at the World Cup since 2006 and the
first time they failed to make it past the group
stages.

Two players – Sulley Muntari and Kevin-Prince
Boateng – were expelled from camp over
appearance fee row and other acts of
insubordination. The West African nation dominated
international headlines after the
Mahama-administration was compelled to airlift $3
million in cash to calm tempers in camp.

Receiving the report at the Flagstaff House
Monday, President Mahama described it as a “good
one” and promised that government will act on
it.

He commended the commissioners – Justice Senyo
Dzamefe, a former Ghana Boxing Association chair
Moses Foh-Amoaning and Kofi Anokye Owusu Darko –
for their dedication throughout the four-month
sitting.

A total of 85 witnesses including, the Ghana FA
boss Kwesi Nyantakyi, ex-sports minister Elvis
Afriyie Ankrah, Black Stars captain Asamoah Gyan
appeared before the commission

Source - Starrfmonline

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