Former Ghana Football Association (GFA) presidential hopeful, George Afriyie, has disclosed that former Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) President, Amaju Pinnick, was invited to Ghana to convince him against filing an injunction against the the 2023 GFA elections.
Afriyie, who previously served as the GFA’s Vice President, was the only candidate who sought to challenge Kurt Okraku for the presidency following the conclusion of Okraku’s first term.
However, Afriyie, who is a former Black Stars Management Committee chairman, was disqualified from the race before the elections took place.
In an interview on Asempa FM’s Ultimate Sports Show, Afriyie revealed that he had initially planned to seek an injunction to block the elections.
He shared that Okraku had arranged for Pinnick to visit Ghana and convince him to withdraw his plans.
“Kurt [Okraku] brought Amaju Pinnick to Ghana to speak to me to prevent me from placing an injunction on the elections. I wasn’t answering Kurt’s calls, but the sports minister, Mustapha Ussif also pleaded with me to meet Amaju,” Afriyie revealed.
After agreeing to the meeting, Afriyie reconsidered his approach.
“I met Amaju, and after considering his advice, I decided not to go to court. Instead, I chose to take the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS),” he explained.