Opare Addo blames security officers for Hearts of Oakâ??s charge after Young Apostles win

[caption id=attachment_1228217 align=alignnone width=640] Kwame Opare Addo[/caption]Communications Director of Hearts of Oak, Kwame Opare Addo, has blamed security officers on duty for safety lapses after they were charged by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association (GFA).Following their 2-0 win against Young Apostles in the Matchday 23 fixture at the University of Ghana Sports Stadium on Saturday, fans of the club were spotted celebrating in the safety zone.Hearts of Oak have sincebeen charged with violating Article 8(e) of the GFA Enhanced Matchday Safety and Security Protocols, 2025, and Article 34(6)(d) of the GFA Ghana Premier League Regulations, 2019.However, in an interview with Max FM, Kwame Opare Addo questioned why measures agreed at a pre-match technical meeting were not followed, which eventually led to a charge against the club.We all agreed where they would be stationed, especially in the safe zone area. Even before the games started, we all agreed that before the games, during the games and after the games, after the team buses and club officials have left the safe zone, then the security can also walk away, he said.But we realized that before the game, they were preventing a lot of people, everybody, without accreditation, from going in there, which was specifically what we discussed at the time at the pre-match meeting, and it was spot on.But at the end of the game, how come the security allowed a section of some individuals to walk in there with their drums and all of that is of concern to us. I think the security left their post before what was agreed at the pre-match, he added.Hearts of Oak have today,March 11, 2025, to formally respond to the charges.However, the Phobian Club, despite the charge, will hope to build on their win when they travel to play Dreams FC in the Matchday 24 games at the Tuba Astro Turf on Sunday. Read Full Story