[1] Maha Ayew, wife of Abedi Pele, who is a director and a shareholder of Nania FC sued the Ghana Football Association as well as its President, Kwesi Nyantakyi, the chairmen of the Disciplinary and Appeals Committee of the FA – Amadu Tanko and Justice Anim Yeboah respectively, asking the court to restrain the FA from rehearing the alleged match of convenience case between her club and Okwawu United.

Maha Ayew also by her status a director and shareholder of the club according to the judges decision could not have sued the FA because she did not have a real or substantial interest in Nania FC.

By the latest ruling, the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association would re-hear the case involving the demotion of Nania FC and Okwawhu United.

[citation needed] The four affected Clubs Nania FC, Tudu Mighty Jets, Okwahu United and Great Mariners have also been fined 50 million cedis each and have all been demoted to the Ghana Division Three League.

Information gathered by dellsports from the committee's sittings on Wednesday indicated that all the players and handlers of the affected Clubs have also been banned for a year.