‘GPL match-fixing too big for GFA to handle’ – Oly CEO

CEO of Accra Great Olympics, Oluboi Commodore is shocked the Ghana FA seems to be struggling to investigate alleged match-fixing in the Ghana Premier League and expose the criminals behind this canker.

Nine months after last season’s scandalous GPL match-day 34 fixture, between AshantiGold and Inter Allies, the GFA Disciplinary Committee is yet to announce the verdict on the case, despite inviting all the charged players and officials for questioning.

Hashmin Musah, a former defender of Inter Allies who was a second half substitute, intentionally scored two own goals as his side suffered a 0-7 defeat at AshantiGold on 17 July, 2021.

Allegations of match-fixing often characterise the final ten match-days of the domestic top flight, due to desperate attempts by some corrupt officials to aid their club’s survival from demotion or improve their chances of winning the title.

“I have been approached on several occasions by betting syndicates and have reported it to the GFA. It looks like betting and match fixing in the Ghana Premier League is too big for GFA to handle but it shouldn’t be so,” Oluboi told Accra based Starr FM.

The GFA is expected to treat allegations of match-fixing as a matter of urgency and crack the whip on implicated clubs to protect the integrity of the local game.

Earlier this week, retired referee Stephen Yaw Nsor revealed in an interview with Sunyani based Nimde3 FM that years ago he was forced by some unnamed officials at the GFA to ensure Hearts of Oak beat Elmina Sharks in an FA Cup match so they line up a meeting with Kotoko. Nsor also narrated how a Referees’ Appointment Committee member was offended and refused to assign him to officiate games following his decision not to help Dreams FC beat Instabul.