Ex-GFA General Secretary In BNI Cells

The former General-Secretary of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Mr Worlanyo Agra, has been arrested by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI). He was picked up in his office on Tuesday evening by a three-man team from the BNI.

Incidentally, Tuesday was supposed to be his last day in office, having been served a letter early last month to vacate his post.

The reason behind his arrest is not immediately known, but it is believed to be in connection with the latest revelations concerning the Mallam Isa case. As at the Wednesday evening, nobody could tell the exact whereabouts of the 49-year-old Agra.

When the 'Times' called his residence on phone around 12.30pm on Wednesday, a seemingly frightened teenage voice, believed to be that of his son, responded, "The last time I saw my daddy was on Tuesday night when he came home in the company of three men, picked something and left".

His wife, it was learnt, had traveled outside the country.

Reliable sources at the GFA secretariat, told the paper that it seemed that the BNI personnel had been trailing Agra since Monday. "He had barely closed from office that day when they emerged", one of the sources said.

The source said that when Agra was informed of the presence of the BNI men, the previous day, he welcomed it, saying: "I have nothing to hide from them, they are welcome".

A few hours later, the BNI team surfaced and whisked him away together with his driver. Agra had since not returned.

The source could not tell the 'Times' why Agra has been arrested.

However, many believe that his arrest may have been sparked off by a report in an Accra bi-weekly early last week alleging that the former FA secretary tried to influence his cross-examination during Mallam Isa's trial over the missing 46,000 dollars.

Alhaji Tanko, a legal adviser to the GFA, was quoted in the said publication as having been asked by Agra to plead with Mr Ambrose Dery, Mallam Isa's counsel, not to question him on his foreign account.