Ghana Police Service reveals update on AshGold vs Inter Allies alleged Match-Fixing Scandal

The CID Boss of the Ghana Police Service, Ken Yeboah has revealed that no investigations have been done about the AshantiGold versus Inter Allies match-fixing scandal that rocked the Ghana Premier League last season.

It would be recalled that the Ghana Football Association charged Ashanti Gold and Inter Allies on multiple accounts of match manipulation after the teams were alleged to have fixed their Ghana Premier League matchday 34 encounter last season.

The Ghana FA revealed that both teams were being investigated by the Ghana police.

But according to Ken Yeboah, the hierarchy of the football governing failed to appear with an official complaint after visiting the security service to make a verbal complaint.

He disclosed that the FA’s contingent we’re tasked to submit a written statement to make it formal but they have failed to turn up since they last visited.

“NO investigation has been done on the matter. “The GFA only came to our HQ to report on an alleged match-fixing in their league, ” CID Boss Ken Yeboah told Angel FM Sports.

“We told them we are ready to pick it up since it’s a criminal offence in their regulations but we asked that they write an official statement detailing clubs involved etc. They told us they’ll come back with the statement..”

“We never heard from them again till today. We had been waiting to hear from them since they left our office after the verbal complaint. All we heard was that they had started another league season. They didn’t submit any report and there’s no way we could commence investigations.”

The fateful match saw Ashanti Gold run away with a 7-0 win involving two own goals, with viral post-match footage on social media showing what were described as “cheap goals”.
Later, Inter Allies defender Hashmin Musah, who came into the game as a second-half substitute and netted two own goals, confessed to deliberately putting the ball behind his own goalkeeper with intentions of foiling what he suspected was a standing, fixed 5-0 scoreline.

“Our football has been attacked by faceless cowards. It is my responsibility and that of the Executive Council to defend the passion of the nation,” GFA boss Okraku remarked on the subject last month.

“Everybody who has played a part [in match-fixing relating to betting] will face it.

“We will clean our sport and bring confidence to a sport that feeds me and all of us, a sport that gives hope and spiration to the entire 30 million people of this country.

“If you are here and you know that you played a part, just be ready.”

Allies were already confirmed relegated before the said game, while Ashanti Gold ultimately finished ninth on the table.