Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) President Kwasi Nyantakyi has been urged by anti-corruption activist Vitus Azeem to rethink his decision to run in the upcoming NPP Parliamentary primary for the Ejisu seat.

The parliamentary seat for the Ejisu constituency became vacant after Member of Parliament John Kumah passed away.

Although Azeem conceded that the laws as they stand do not forbid Nyantakyi from running, he maintained that it would be unethical for him to do so.

The anti-corruption activist warned Nyantakyi to consider the ramifications before running for the by-election, stressing that the stain of corruption accusations would endure regardless of any investigations or prosecutions, in an interview with Umaru Sanda on Eyewitness News.

“No matter, whether he has been prosecuted or not it is a dent on him and it cannot easily be wiped away. It may not be possible to legally bar him from contesting but as somebody interested in parliament, he should even consider contesting for an election.

“It is not even the fact that you come out to admit that you paid money but the mere fact that at the very beginning, he was the key player in the Anas investigations and even though he has not been investigated and prosecuted, he too has not been able to exonerate himself and has now implicated himself by admitting that he paid money to Anas to stop him from airing the expose because it contained information that will further implicate him. If he has a conscience, he should not stand.