President of the Ghana League Clubs Association, Kudjoe Fianoo, is urging the Ghana Football Association to expedite engagements with the Ghana Police Service to ensure that clubs which travel across the country are provided with adequate security escorts.
He said this in the wake of the latest robbery attack on Legon Cities in the early hours of Thursday morning after honouring their premier league game against Samartex 1996 at the Nsenkyire Sports Complex in Samreboi on Wednesday, October 2.
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— Legon Cities FC (@LegonCitiesFC) November 2, 2023
In an exclusive interview with Citi Sports, Kudjoe Fianoo stated that GHALCA and the Ghana Football Association must work together to fight the menace, which he believes has become recurring.
We need to get back to the police and see what we have to do to help the clubs.
When i was with Ashgold, we were doing similar thing at the Club, we even escalated to Accra, the police service there.
So anytime we travel outside the Ashanti Region, we were given two police escorts for the away matches, it comes with a cost tho.
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The attack on Legon Cities ⬇️#GHALCA | @LegonCitiesFC pic.twitter.com/HvXOBDMiU3
— Ghana League Clubs Association (@GHALCA_) November 2, 2023
However, I think as a precautionary measure, we must go back to the police, let us take the lives of the players and the officials as a premium.We have to arrange something for the clubs, so they stop travelling overnight after games.
We are not lucky, our brothers from other countries travel by train or air.
Highway robbery is now widespread in Ghana and is not limited to football clubs alone. Still, in our industry, we are worried about what happens in our space, so I think that GHALCA has to collaborate with the Ghana Football Association to see the police once more and see what we can do for these clubs because it is becoming one too many.
The latest robbery attack on premier league side Legon Cities joins a list of robbery attacks on clubs in Ghana.
On March 21, 2022, – AshantiGold were attacked by armed robbers while travelling back to Obuasi after their Ghana Premier League clash with Hearts of Oak in Accra at the Accra Sports Stadium
The robbers opened fire but fortunately, no one on the bus got injured, according to Ashanti Gold.
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(1/2). We got attacked by armed robbers on our way back from Accra at Assin Endwa.
The robbers shot three bullets at the front bulletproof glass as the team driver meandered his way through a terrible scene of gunshots. pic.twitter.com/eCneaSousQ
— Ashantigold SC (@AshantiGoldSC_) March 21, 2022
On December 21, 2021 –
Ghana Women’s Premier League club Pearlpia Ladies survived an armed robbery attack while heading to their base following their season opener against Ampem Darkoa Ladies in Techiman
The club escaped the attack in Yapei but their bus got hit by bullets.
The team bus of Pearlpia Ladies was almost attacked by armed robbers at Yapei with several shots fired at them after they escaped the attempted robbery.
Citi Sports can confirm the players and staff are safe and no one got injured. #CitiSports https://t.co/b3AB39MH9S pic.twitter.com/dy7I4sggLN
— EBO. (@Original_Ebo) December 20, 2021
