Shock, disappointment dominate Facebook reactions after Anas’ #12 premiere

Wednesday’s premiere of an investigative documentary about corruption at the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and other football agencies has elicited a barrage of varied Facebook comments and sent shock waves across the nation.

Millions of Ghanaians took to Facebook to either re-post a quote from corrupt officials captured in the explosive documentary by ace investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas and his Tiger Eye PI team or present their analysis of issues raised in one-hour, thirty minutes documentary.

Over 100 referees and other football officials were seen taking cash before games with the intention of manipulating the outcomes of these games.

The focus of the documentary, at least for Ghanaians, was on GFA President, Kwesi Nyantakyi.

Kwesi Nyantakyi was promised a million-dollar reward package if he can arrange access to President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his vice, Mahamoudu Bawumia in a bid to manipulate Ghana sports from the very top.

The undercover journalist gave Mr Nyantakyi $65,000 for showing up for the meeting to discuss how to get unimpeded access to the first gentleman of Ghana.

Related: The full story: How Nyantakyi ‘sold’ Ghana for $11 million

Some comments Facebook suggested that the extent of rot which the two-year investigative project unveiled to put rest the controversy about the appropriateness of Anas’ facts gathering methods:

Some said the documentary could do irreparable damage to Ghana’s sports image internationally and even for government:

Others just re-posted shocking quotes by persons caught engaging in corruption:

Many more just made mockery of key officials caught in the exposé:

Others want security agencies to round up exposed corrupt sports official immediately:

Still, others just had a laugh:

There were also strong suspicions that the involvement of top government officials in the scandal may have been watered-down:

Some comments shamed local league teams that allegedly tried to manipulate the outcomes of their games:

Perplexed, some comments thought the whole nation is full of corrupt officials.

Source:Myjoyonline