The Chairperson of the Safety and Security Committee at the Ghana Football Association (GFA), DCOP Lydia Donkor, says football fan Nana Pooley was not stabbed at the stadium during last weekend’s unfortunate incident.

The Asante Kotoko fan lost his life in a tragic moment during the Porcupine Warriors' defeat to Nsoatreman at the Nana Koromansah II Stadium on matchday 19 of the Ghana Premier League.

Eyewitness accounts since the incident happened had mentioned the passionate fan being stabbed at the stadium.

However, DCOP Donkor, who was tasked with leading the investigation into the matter, has revealed the stabbing didn’t happen at the match venue.

“This unfortunate incident [the fan’s stabbing] didn't happen inside the stadium. It happened outside, and he was picked by a tricycle and dropped at that section of the stadium,” she said on JoySports Link on Saturday, February 8.

“I have to say this because there are all kinds of comments about how the police allowed someone to come into the stadium with a knife. Let me mention that the police have a strict search regime.

“At least that is something I discuss with my various commanders, and we insist on it. There’s a strict search regime. When you're coming into the stadium, we search everybody who is entering.”

"The stabbing incident did not happen inside the stadium"

DCOP Lydia Donkor on the death of Asante Kotoko fan Nana Pooley last weekend in Nsoatre. #JoySportsLink pic.twitter.com/5Doj1Kcqr3

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DCOP Donkor also added that clubs or individuals should report threats from others when they receive them, as she says the police were not informed of any dangers regarding Nana Pooley.

“The best I can advise for now is that if he had any genuine concerns [of threats to his life], he could have approached the police or informed someone in the area so that the police would be aware,” she continued.

“We had to go and investigate. We've been to the ground, and we've gathered our evidence and everything.”

So far, the Ghana Police Service has arrested six people in connection with the stabbing, with two, including former Sunyani West MP Ignatius Baffour Awuah, being granted bail.