Referee Joseph Kenny Padi has been suspended for the rest of the league season after the Match Review Panel of the Ghana Football Association decided that the referee erred in awarding the penalty to Asante Kotoko in their Ghana Premier League Match week 24 game against Hearts of Oak.
The panel after a thorough scrutiny on the footage, concluded that in the 14th minute of play, referee Kenny Padi awarded a dubious penalty to Asante Kotoko when Hearts of Oak player, Nurudeen Abdul-Aziz won a 50-50 ball in their 18-yard box from Fabio Gama of Kumasi Asante Kotoko
According to the report from the Association, the referee failed to defend his decision and later admitted that there was no stepping of the foot as he claimed. Again , the referee said there was a push on Gama which was also not also emphatically proven in the video.
Referee Misbaw Mohammed and Assistant referee Kenneth Tweneboah-Koduah have also been suspended following another penalty against King Faisal when they played Medeama Sporting club.