Sports News of Friday, 17 May 2019
Resource: citinewsroom.com
2019-05-17
The three have been accused of accepting bribe in the Kotoko, Ashgold video game last 7 days
The 3 referees who officiated the AshantiGold-Asante Kotoko Distinctive Competitiveness match in Obuasi have been handed non permanent bans by the Ghana Soccer Affiliation immediately after the most recent allegation they took bribe from the Porcupine Warriors.
Ali Alhassan, Mustapha Abdulai and Mohammed Issahaku have been suspended from officiating any Ghana FA Formal Match with fast influence.
A letter signed on Friday go through: ”The Normalization Committee of the Ghana Football Association has purchased a momentary suspension of referees Ali Alhassan, Mustapha Abdulai and Mohammed Issahaku from officiating any Ghana FA Official Match with rapid influence.
”This conclusion has develop into necessary owing to the bribery allegation leveled versus you following officiating a Working day Eleven match involving AshantiGold SC and Asante Kotoko SC played on Sunday, 12 Might, 2019 at the Len Clay Stadium.”
This 7 days, a retired referee Robert Tawiah Mensah alleged one Kofi Oduro, who statements to have shut ties with Kotoko chairman Dr Kwame Kyei is demanding a refund of a intended GH 8,000 he paid out to the match officials.
He statements 1 Kofi Oduro nicknamed “Shishilla” has been hounding him with phone calls to get a refund of the money just after the Porcupine Warriors dropped 1- in Obuasi.