Kotoko, Arsenals and Aduana banished from home.

Crowd violence remains a serious threat to the development of football in the country. League leaders Kumasi Asante Kotoko, relegation threatened Berekum Arsenals and enterprising Aduana Stars have all been handed temporary bans from their home grounds following fan violence.

With four games to end the league season, the Executive Committee of the Ghana Football Association says it took the decisions is in accordance with Article 15 (2) of the GFA Regulations and has consequently directed the Professional League Board to determine the venue for the subsequent home matches of the affected clubs.

Arsenals suffered the ban from using the Golden City Park for the rest of the Glo Premier League season "following the unfortunate incident which resulted in the physical assault of some Kotoko players, Security personnel, Cameraman of the GFA and the Assistant Referee II by the supporters of Arsenals," a GFA statement said.

"The Yutong Bus of Asante Kotoko and the pick-up vehicle No. GP 3586, which belongs to Ghana Police Service, were vandalized by supporters of Arsenals during the GLO Premier League match between Arsenal and Asante Kotoko played on 12th May, 2013," the statement categorized as a damage caused in that instance.

Aduana's crime which has resulted in their ban from the Agyemang Badu Park at Dormaa Ahenkro follows "the unfortunate incident which resulted in the physical assault of the Referee by supporters of Aduana FC during the GLO Premier League match between Aduana and Liberty Professionals played on 12th May, 2013."

In the case of Asante Kotoko, the GFA said the ban became necessary "in view of the unfortunate incident of throwing of objects at the Match Officials during and after the match which resulted in the injury of the Assistant Referee 1, A. S. Malik and the damage to the bus of Medeama SC. by supporters of Asante Kotoko during the GLO Premier League Match between Asante Kotoko and Medeama played on 8th May, 2013 at the Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi."

The decisions are without prejudice to a determination of the cases by the Disciplinary Committee.