The owner and bankroller of National Division One League side, Amidaus Professionals Alhaji Baba Gedo has made a confession that he bribed several referees to influence the outcome of league matches especially during the time his side were competition in the Ghana Premier League.
His unfortunate comments have come weeks after the appeal of a lifetime ban slapped on Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey for bias officiating regarding South Africa-Senegal World Cup qualifying game was thrown out by the Appeal Committee of FIFA.
He told Accra-based Happy FM on Wednesday: “I paid bribes to referees on countless occasions during our time time in the Premier League,” he shamelessly revealed
“No football administrator in Ghana can run away from this fact. I used to pay fat bribes to referees but I’ve stopped now because I didn’t benefit from it. I once paid 10,000
“What’s pissed me off is you’ll pay the bribe and the referee’s will still go ahead and rob you, which means he has collected bribe from your opponents as well, so at the end of the day it’s them [referees] who benefit,” Gedo deduced.
Gedo’s comments are against the Ethics of football and he is likely going to be invited by the Ethics Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for questioning.
Amidaus Professionals gain promotion to the Ghanaian topflight league in the 2012-13, but suffered relegation after just a season.
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