Former Hearts of Oak management Aziz Haruna Futah says matches between them and their rivals Asante Kotoko is determined by black magic or ‘Juju’.
Futah has gone neck-vein ballistic on the club’s management for refusing to acknowledge this ahead of last Monday’s clash in Accra.
Hearts conceded a freak goal which shocked many and consigned them to a 1-0 defeat at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Goalkeeper Abdoulaye Soulama curled in a back pass into his own net on 43 minutes and that left many wondering at that spectacular howler.
Some believe supernatural powers played a role in the goal.
Futah says it is suicidal for the two teams to discount the role of black magic in the outcome of the Ghana Premier League derby.
"Since Shamo Quaye’s era that is what we have been using as a club and anytime Kotoko matches pop up, the management and the supporters will come together and do everything to make sure that we win that match because playing Kotoko is always about juju,” he told Asempa Sports
"Before the match I called Alhaji Akanbi and asked him what they are doing to ensure they win against Kotoko but he said this management does not believe in juju but I told him juju is the key to Kotoko and Hearts games.
"The supporters had it correct when they voiced out that Soulama should not be in the post because Kotoko knew that day does not favor Soulama and true to that word, they carried the day by taking advantage of that.
"In the Confederation Cup final against Kotoko in Kumasi, we went for a consultation and we were told that there is only one goal in the match but they will divide the game into two so the score line can be one all draw but Hearts of Oak will win the match on penalties.
"But to ensure this, we had to perform certain rituals.
"We had to go open a freshly buried person’s mouth and put some concussion in the corpse mouth and we did that in Kumasi and we won and that has been our tradition as a club.
"Kotoko also went for consultation and they were told if a fair person leads Hearts out, they will lose.
"So we acted on this, and immediately asked Harry Zakkour who was sitting at home to fly to Kumasi and lead Hearts out."