 In an interview with Super Sports South Africa a few days after the video of the investigation was slated to go public, Nyantakyi denied any wrongdoing regarding match fixing.On 30 October 2018 FIFA officially issued a statement that officially bans Kwesi Nantakyi from football related activities for life.Born to a Waala mother, and an Akan father from Kwaso in the Ashanti Region, Nyantakyi grew up in Wa where he had his early education.