{"id":420375,"date":"2017-09-20T13:30:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T13:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/20\/ghana-fa-ethics-committee-urged-to-investigate-baba-gedos-referee-bribing-confession\/"},"modified":"2017-09-20T13:30:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T13:30:29","slug":"ghana-fa-ethics-committee-urged-to-investigate-baba-gedos-referee-bribing-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/20\/ghana-fa-ethics-committee-urged-to-investigate-baba-gedos-referee-bribing-confession\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana FA Ethics Committee urged to investigate Baba Gedo&#8217;s referee bribing confession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/31372944.295.jpg\" alt=\"Baba Gedo\" title=\"Baba Gedo\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Baba Gedo has confessed bribing match officials to influence outcome of matches for several years<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1505914229_739_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Ghana FA has been urged to look into a scandalous admission by a local club President, who has confessed bribing match officials to influence outcome of matches for several years.<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Baba Gedo, who is the President of Ghanaian second-tier side Amidaus Professionals, is under siege to name the said referees who appear to have emptied his pocket &#8211; leading to the self-inflicted disclosure.<\/p>\n<p>The shocking and damning revelation comes weeks after FIFA slapped a Ghanaian referee Joseph Lamptey with a lifetime ban for manipulating the World Cup qualification match between South Africa and Senegal in November 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The self-damaging revelation has now exposed how club owners who criticize the Ghana FA over the state of the game, are neck-deep wrecking football in the country through bribing referees.<\/p>\n<p>The credibility and integrity of the Amidaus owner is now up in smoke as the Ethics Committee of the FA has been urged to investigate his confession.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana FA has been urged to look into the damaging confession in a bid to clean up the game.<\/p>\n<p>Any attempts to let the Amidaus owner &#8216;get off scot-free&#8217; without naming the referees he&#8217;s bribed over the years, will be detrimental to efforts to rid the game of such football characters.<\/p>\n<p>The wild self-confession has not only tainted football but undermined trust in the game as well.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baba Gedo has confessed bribing match officials to influence outcome of matches for several years &#13; The Ghana FA has been urged to look into a scandalous admission by a local club President, who has confessed bribing match officials to influence outcome of matches for several years. 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