Friday 29 January 2016

Wa African United Yet To Take GFA To Court.

Embattled Wa African United is yet to drag the Ghana Football Association to court for fixing a date for the commencement of the new Ghana Premier league season without revealing the outcome of alleged match-fixing case against Techiman City.


The Ghana Football Association and the Premier League Board has fixed February 20 for the start of the season whilst the adjudicating body of Ghana FA deliberate on a case before them.


And Wa African United who were demoted to the third tier of Ghana football after they were found guilty by the Disciplinary Committee for alleged match-fixing, has asked the FA to reveal the outcome of the ruling or face them in court.


Head of legal team of Wa African United, Lawyer Obiri Boahen described the FA’s decision to start the league whilst a legal case before them is not cleared as ‘absurd’ and has threatened to place an injunction on the league should the FA not give him a copy of the Ethics Committee ruling on Techiman City.


“Techiman City were granted stay of execution until the end of the season by law having accepted to appear before the GFA Ethics Committee, whatever decision the Appeals Committee delivered is now moot — it is dead,” Lawyer Obiri Boahen told sportscrusader.com


He explaind that “If Techiman City had not agreed to appear before the GFA Ethics Committee that would have been different, but Techiman City agreed to appear the FA Ethics Committee and they did, so what is the outcome?


“Why is the GFA preventing us from knowing the outcome? Even if Wa African United, B.A United, RTU and Berekum Arsenal has not filed any case against the FA, won’t common sense tell the GFA to release the outcome of the Ethics Committee meeting with Techiman City to the public before starting the league?


“Isn’t it absurd for anybody to say that Techiman City should play in the league, whilst a case before the reconstituted Ethics Committee is being deliberated?


“For how long will it take the Committee to come with their ruling? Isn’t the league starting in February? Somebody in his right frame of mind won’t tell you that let’s start the league whilst Wa, Techiman, Arsenal, and RTU sort it out. Is that not absurdity of the highest order because for how long will it take to determine the fate of that protest?


“Absurdity also in the sense that after first three matches the Committee report comes out that Techiman City should be demoted, what will be the outcome of the matches played by Techiman City. Are you not inconveniencing those clubs?” He quizzed.


Lawyer Obiri Boahen also revealed that has not gone to court yet, but he won’t hesitate to seek an injunction on the league should the FA fail to provide him a copy of the Ethics Committee ruling on Techiman City by Monday February 1.


“We have not gone to court yet, but if the Ghana Football Association continues with their intracecent behaviour or posture, we will have no option than to go to court.” He said.




Wa African United Yet To Take GFA To Court.

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