‘Avoid Night Trips’ – GFA urges Clubs

The Ghana FA has entreated football clubs in the country to avoid night trips.

This advise follows a robbery attack on the team bus of Women’s Premier League outfit FC Savannah Ladies, which left one club official identified as the team Physiotherapist injured.

FC Savannah Ladies were travelling to Kumasi for a WPL match on Saturday, when bandits raided their team bus on the Tamale-Kumasi highway at about 1.00am and bolted away with undisclosed sums of money and other valuables.

This highway robbery incident comes just 20 days after Ghana Premier League club AshantiGold SC suffered a similar fate at the hands of bandits when they opted to embark on a night trip to Kumasi following their GPL match-day 20 fixture against Hearts of Oak in Accra on March 20.

Asides the poor security situation on major highways in Ghana at night, concerns regarding the poor vision of drivers during nocturnal journeys was raised by fans 5 years ago, when the Asante Kotoko team bus was involved in an accident at Nkawkaw after choosing to travel to Kumasi at night-time following a league match against Inter Allies.

A statement released by GFA on the latest bus attack of FC Savannah Ladies reads, “Traveling clubs are hereby advised to avoid night travels, and where required engage the security services or seek security advice before making trips.”

The WPL club has confirmed that no player sustained injuries, signalling their readiness to honor the Women’s Premier League match-day 14 fixture on Sunday at 10:00m in Bantama, after the game was rescheduled by the GFA.

The GFA has promised to engage the Ghana Police Service on providing adequate security support to teams when they travel across the country.