Court adjourns case of Ashanti Gold vs GFA to October 20; Ghana Premier League still remains suspended

The 2022/23 Ghana Premier League remains suspended after the Accra Human Rights Court adjourned the case of Ashanti Gold SC vs Ghana Football Association (GFA) to Thursday, October 20, 2022.

The league was put on hold last Wednesday following a Motion on Notice for Injunction filed at the Human Rights High Court by Ashgold and served on the GFA’s lawyers.

The GFA subsequently communicated the decision to all sponsors, partner and  clubs.

The Premier League was scheduled to enter match week four last weekend.

Ashanti Gold were demoted to the Division Two League after being found Guilty of Match Manipulation in their 2020/21 Ghana Premier League Matchday 34 game against Inter Allies FC.

The said match saw Ashgold thrashed Inter Allies 7-0 involving two own goals, with viral post-match footage on social media showing what were described as “cheap and deliberate own goals”.

Later, Inter Allies defender Hashmin Musah, who came into the game as a second-half substitute and bagged 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.

Inter Allies suffered relegation after finishing 18th on the league table with 26 points, while Ashanti Gold finished 9th.