Deputy Accra Representative of Aduana Stars, Elvis Kwame Opoku, has disclosed that his outfit has paid the GH¢20, 500 fine handed to them by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
The Ogya Boys were slapped with a fine of GH¢20,500 after their supporters barred officials of StarTimes TV, right holders of the Ghana Premier League, from telecasting their week 18 Ghana Premier League (GPL) clash against Asante Kotoko at the Nana Agyemang Badu II Park.
The decision taken by the committee last Thursday saw league title chasers being charged with four offenses part of it was a refusal to allow StarTimes, the StarTimes Products Activation and Sales Team from setting up to sell StarTimes boxes in the stadium in violation of the GFA Regulations.
Speaking on Happy FM Sports, Kwame Opoku. revealed that they have paid the fine imposed on them and has promised never to repeat the act which was in breach of the GFA General Regulations again.
“It was yesterday morning that we paid the GHc20, 500 fine awarded against us by the Ghana FA Disciplinary Committee at their secretariat accounts office. It’s just unfortunate that such incident happened but I’m very sure that the situation will not repeat itself.” He stressed.
Aduana are currently on top of the league standings with 44 points, one point adrift of West African Football Academy (WAFA) after 24 matches. WAFA, however, have two matches to clear.
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