Kofi Boakye probes corruption at GFA

A Commissioner of the Ghana Police Service, COP Kofi Boakye has been mandated by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to adjudicate a bribery scandal involving more than 70 referees and several of its high-profile officials.

A statement signed by the GFA’s General Secretary Isaac Addo said his outfit will not interfere in the work of COP Boakye, who is the Chairman of the GFA Ethics Committee.

COP Boakye, a lawyer, heads a similar position in the Ghana Police Service known as Police Intelligence and Professional Standards Bureau (PIPS).

“The conduct of the said Officials has been referred to the GFA Ethics Committee chaired by COP Kofi Boakye to go through the Judicial Process,” the statement said.

“The GFA shall not interfere in the works of the Ethics Committee and shall embrace any decision that the Ethics Committee may come out with”.

The statement added that all Officials of the GFA, shown to have allegedly committed various acts of misconduct, in the Tiger Eye PI documentary titled Number 12 shall step aside from their positions and steer away from all football-related activities with immediate effect.

Source : graphic.com