An Accra High Court has permanently barred GAFF from posing as the lawful overseer of amputee football, backing NPC-Ghana's counterclaim.
Amputee football in Ghana has a new legal reality, and it could shape how the sport is run across West Africa. The High Court in Accra has rejected the Ghana Amputee Football Federation's (GAFF) claim to exclusive authority over the game.
Justice Jerome Noble-Nkrumah, sitting in the Commercial Division, delivered the judgment on July 30, 2026. He granted relief to the National Paralympic Committee of Ghana (NPC-Ghana) on its counterclaim. GAFF is now permanently restrained from presenting itself as the lawful body responsible for overseeing the sport.
The case also put World Amputee Football Federation (WAFF) correspondence back in the spotlight. An email dated September 25, 2019, cited in the proceedings referred to lifetime bans on Francis Adjetey Sowah, Charles Narh and Benjamin Armah over alleged ethical breaches. The court looked at the email on page 21 of its judgment.
The detail matters. The bans were part of the evidence the court considered, but the formal injunction dealt only with GAFF's claim to lawful oversight of amputee football in Ghana. The judgment does not set out separate lifetime bans of its own.
For the players, the message is that governance of the sport sits on firmer legal ground. All eyes now turn to how stakeholders organise amputee football after the ruling.
