Ghana's FA takes legal action over raid, offices open on Monday

Published on: 10 December 2010

Ghana's Football Association (GFA) has started legal action against the government and the agency which raided its offices earlier this week.

The GFA wants to overturn the warrant allowing the raid and challenge the action itself.

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and the Attorney-General's office have been served with writs.

"We are trying to get the court order overturned," GFA spokesman Randy Abbey told the BBC.

The GFA's lawyers are waiting for a response from both parties and no date has yet been set for a hearing.

"We believe that we have a strong case because we believe the action was wrong - we have a lot of confidence in the courts, we believe in the judicial system," Abbey said.

He also revealed that the GFA's offices will reopen on Monday, when a meeting of clubs will take place to decide whether to resume the league.

All football activity was called off in Ghana following the raid by EOCO in which computers, cell phones and documents were removed, in an investigation surrounding sponsorship agreements.

Abbey said that the GFA has arranged new computers and will not use the ones which were seized.

"We do not know what has happened to them," he said.

Source: BBC

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