Former football AdministratorTakyiArhinpopularly known as Thunder is facing questions over his integrity, as a sports journalist,ListowelMensah,challenges him to release the summary verdict of the case involving Tema Youth PresidentKwakuOsei Palmer and Ghana Football Association
CAS declared that the landmark decision would be pronounced on 4th August 2020, in a case where Osei Palmer took the football governing body to the supreme justice following his disqualification from the OctoberGFAPresidential elections
There were massive tension and speculations among football stakeholders as CAS failed to deliver its verdict
It was out of this that the Former general manager ofTechimanEleven wonders came out boldly to say CAS has delivered the summary verdict of Case to the parties involved and that, he has seen it
“For me, I will not wait, it has come, anybody who will say the verdict has not arrived, then the person doesn’t want to speak the truth to its supporters, it has come, the reason I’m saying it has arrived is that before CAS will deliver it’s the verdict the two parties would’ve received earlier notice on how they(CAS) went about the case to arrive at the verdict. So the decision has been communicated to both parties yesterday.”- Thunder Told Nimdee FM
“The total summary is what CAS has given to them, so as we speak the two parties know their status”- He said
When asked if he has seen and read the decision, he said
“I’ve not read the decision but it’s the summary that I’ve seenSo all that I can say is, the status-quo will remain same asOkrakuwill remain theGFAPresident. Nothing will change”-TakyiArhinToldNimdi3FM
CAS has today postpone the ruling of the case to September 1, 2020.
However, for the sake of the integrity of football and its related issues in Ghana football, I call on Mr TakyiArhinas matter of urgency disclosed the so-called summary verdict of the case.
