{"id":70817,"date":"2014-12-03T09:10:54","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T09:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=70817"},"modified":"2014-12-03T09:43:44","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T09:43:44","slug":"muntari-swerves-dzamefe-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=70817","title":{"rendered":"Muntari swerves Dzamefe Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several attempts by the Commission of Inquiry to get former Black Stars midfielder, Sulley Muntari to tell his side of the story regarding his alleged assault on a member of the team&#8217;s management committee, Moses Armah have proved futile.<\/p>\n<p>This has compelled the Commission to ignore the AC Milan star and carry on with its recommendation based on the evidence available to it.<\/p>\n<p>Sulley Muntari was sacked from the team camp in Brazil<span style=\"color: #666699;\"> <a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/06\/26\/full-story-how-boateng-and-muntari-were-sacked-from-black-stars-camp\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>after it was alleged that he assaulted Armah.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;aR69KyvFvHEnrO9RgNP5f8x04rmfeqU4&#8243;]Speaking to Graphic Sports, a member of the Commission Moses Foh Amoaning said the investigative body deemed it necessary to give the midfielder an opportunity to give his side of the story.<\/p>\n<p>He said the commission attempted engaging Muntari on Skype, but he declined the interview, giving a flimsy excuse of not having the skype facility.<\/p>\n<p>According to Graphic Sports, the Commission spoke with Muntari\u2019s father to persuade his son to co-operate after he [Muntari] gave that excuse but that intervention also yielded no result.<\/p>\n<p>Muntari\u2019s father asked the Commission to proceed with its recommendations without Muntari giving his side of the story since it[Commission] is behind time.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Kwesi Nyantakyi who appeared before the Commission in October described in vivid detail what happened between \u00a0Muntari and Armah .<\/p>\n<p>He said a press conference that was held by the players in Brazil to address challenges they were facing Brazil turned violent\u00a0when delays in payment of players\u2019\u00a0appearance fees had to be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>Nyantakyi\u00a0revealed that\u00a0Muntari\u00a0launched two separate attacks against Armah\u00a0Parker, first\u00a0picking up a chair to club him during the\u00a0meeting and next flinging\u00a0a glass bottle at the FA member in a room, later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore we could say jack, he got up from his seat and released one blow. Then the second one was released. \u00a0I was surprised. I have never seen this kind of thing before!\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Kwesi Nyantakyi \u00a0said the incident &#8220;was a very serious moment for [the FA]\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several attempts by the Commission of Inquiry to get former Black Stars midfielder, Sulley Muntari to tell his side of the story regarding his alleged assault on a member of the team&#8217;s management committee, Moses Armah have proved futile. 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