The Ghana Football Association (GFA) have denied reports that they attempted to bribe a Niger player ahead of their AFCON clash.
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Ghana beat Niger 3-0 to qualify for the quarter-final round of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. They now face AFCON debutants Cape Verde in their next clash.
The GFA statement holds little back and mentions the names of the reporters as well as their employees, condemning their actions and dismissing the reports.
A statement on the GFA website read:
Our attention has been drawn to a report carried by the Ghana News Agency (GNA) and Radio Gold claiming that Ghana attempted to bribe a Nigerian player before Monday's Africa Cup of Nations clash against Niger.
The report was filed by GNA and Radio Gold who are represented in Port Elizabeth by Veronica Commey and Nana Darkwa respectively.
We wish to state emphatically that the report is false, irresponsible, reckless and mischievous.
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) would like to state emphatically that there is no iota of truth in the report and it is the reckless imagination of the authors of the report.
GFA is extremely disturbed that at a time that the country is solidly behind the Black Stars to bring the Africa Cup of Nations trophy home, a tiny minority of journalists would engage in such nation-wrecking activity.
In as much as the GFA will strive to create opportunities to enhance the work of the media during this tournament, we will not condone acts meant to tarnish the image of the country.
We want to assure the people of Ghana that the team is focused on the campaign at the Africa Cup of Nations and with God on our side we will secure victory against Cape Verde on Saturday.
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