Referees Association of Ghana (RAG) has handed bans to sixty-one referees who were captured taking bribes in the investigative piece by ace journalist Anas Armeyaw Anas.

After the airing of the documentary, a 5-member committee was set up to launch a full-scale investigation into the conduct of the 75 referees mentioned.

61 referees were found guilty per committee’s work and they were punished as follows: 53 were given 10-year bans while 8 were given lifetime bans.

14 referees were exonerated completely.

A RAG statement read: ''After Anas expose #12 RAG set up a five member committee to investigate the conduct of 75 referees whose names and pictures appeared in the expose. The committee started work on 20/8/18 and submitted their written report to RAG on 8/9/18. RAG upon the receipt of the report had RAG Executive meeting on 15/9/18 under 34 (b) (v) and approved the following recommendations

''14 referees were exonerated as there was no evidence whatsoever that they accepted any money as alleged.

''61 were found guilty and had been suspended for 10 years each, out of the 61, 8 of them have been banned for life.''

By Daraja Mutari