The owner of Ashanti Gold SC, Kwaku Frimpong, has said that he has called the Ghana Football Association to appear in court about the suspension of his team from the organisation.
In order to be clear, Kwaku Frimpong said that the club has summoned GFA in two separate matters and is currently awaiting a decision in one of them.
He disclosed to Asempa FM that the club is now appealing the GFA’s decision to ban it for its infamous match-fixing event in 2021.
“…they said were betting and that we were playing fixed matches. It seems they did not follow the required rules, which feels like they want to cheat Champion and Ashgold.
“I demanded that they give us the laws they used for the ruling but they refused. We couldn’t meet CAS’s deadline to make a case after they failed to give us the laws, so I decided to go to court in Ghana, where we are all waiting for the final judgement,” he said.
He proceeded to explain that the second case is about the GFA’s decision to dismiss the club as a member of the association during voting at the 2023 congress.
“With the recent case, it’s about them not being truthful. They said some people, through hand balloting, have voted at the congress for the motion that Ashgold should be sidelined from the GFA.
“They said 25 people voted that Ashold should be dismissed…but (after the voting) they said 67 people raised their hands, which is not true.
“We are businessmen, so we are not stupid. I imported a machine from China to calculate the voters and we got 25 and not 67 as the GFA said. It seems they want to cheat and disgrace us, that is why I made a case in court.
He further lamented that he is not a coward as the FA has made other football administrators, hence, he will fight for justice in court.
“They have put fear in all the football people so no one wants to speak out. If you speak, they will dissolve your team, and they have done it to more than six teams. But for me, Kwaku Frimpong, I’ll make it a case so let’s meet in court.”
On Monday, July 10, 2023, in the Great Hall of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi, the GFA’s 29th Ordinary Congress officially declared and confirmed Ashanti Gold SC’s expulsion.
Before King Faisal FC financier Alhaji Grusah asked the forum to vote for AshantiGold SC’s return, FA General Secretary Prosper Harrison Addo raised the issue of AshantiGold SC being removed and not participating in the Premier League. Black Stars team manager Mohammed Ameenu Shardow seconded the motion.
64 members of Congress voted against Ashanti GoldSC’s return for the 2023–2024 league season, while 17 supported their readmission in the league the following year.
AshantiGold SC has been suspended, which results in the club losing all membership privileges and preventing it from participating in any football competition, including but not limited to the Division Two League of the Ashanti Regional Football Association.