{"id":1231686,"date":"2022-10-22T18:08:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T18:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/22\/it-is-unfortunate-togbe-afede-attributed-hearts-successes-to-akanbi-and-odotei-supporters-chief\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T18:08:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T18:08:47","slug":"it-is-unfortunate-togbe-afede-attributed-hearts-successes-to-akanbi-and-odotei-supporters-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/22\/it-is-unfortunate-togbe-afede-attributed-hearts-successes-to-akanbi-and-odotei-supporters-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"It is unfortunate Togbe Afede attributed Hearts successes to Akanbi and Odotei \u2013 Supporters&#8217; chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"428\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-10-22-at-06.38.38_1680x1033-696x428.jpeg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Hesse Herman - Accra Hearts of Oak\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Chairman of the National Chapters Committee (NCC) of Accra Hearts of Oak,\u00a0Elvis Herman Hesse, has described as \u2018unfortunate\u2019, the attribution of the club\u2019s successes to\u00a0Alhaji Akanbi and Vincent Sowah Odotei.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Executive Chairman of the Club, Togbe Afede XIV, dedicated the successes of the Phobians in the last two years to the Board Members.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Akanbi and Vincent Sowah Odotei were showered praises for their\u00a0exceptional contribution to Hearts of Oak, though the team has exited the CAF Confederation Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Section of the Phobian fans had called for the resignation of the two Board Members for contributing to the team\u2019s poor outing in Africa and their dismal campaign on the domestic scene so far.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Togbe Afede rather hailed them, stressing their impact has brought a lot of success to the Club in recent years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The supporters\u2019 chief, Herman Hesse, in an exclusive interview with LUV FM in Kumasi, disagreed with Togbe Afede, claiming the Board Chairman erred in failing to recognize the role of the supporters in telling the success story.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He says it was not fair to single out individuals for praise and overlook the impact of the supporters, the playing body and the technical team when talking about achievements at Hearts of Oak.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do not have a problem with the position of the Board Chairman, he has every right to choose the kind of people that he would want around him but the only problem we had with the full press conference is that the fact that, the Board Chairman did not recognize the role of the supporters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat to us, was a bit unfortunate because at a point, he mentioned that if not for Alhaji Akanbi and Mr Odotei, we wouldn\u2019t have won the 2020\/21 league season, that was very unfortunate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe players were not even mentioned, the technical team was not mentioned, the role of the supporters was not mentioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me tell you this, a supporter got an accident on his way to Enchi after the [Bamako] game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what supporters do for the club so, during the press conference, the role of the supporters should have been mentioned,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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