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Former Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Joseph Yamin says he left his beloved Kumasi Asante Kotoko some where in 2001 after in incident at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium.

The NDC politician says he had been a life long supporter of the porcupine warriors after some Kotoko supporters in 2001 told him that they cannot be NPP people and support Hearts of Oak.

He says since that day he realized he did not belong to Kumasi Asante Kotoko so has defected to Hearts of Oak.

According the former NDC Ashanti Regional Secretary, until we detach politics from sports the nation will never move forward.

"I’ve withdrawn my support for Kotoko long ago.I have supported Kotoko since my childhood days until in 2001,after a Kotoko game against Bofoakwa at the Baba Yara Stadium,we had grouped as young guys and were told to sit according to our club affiliation."he told Gye Nyame FM.

"I was sitting with the Kotoko fans when others joined and were asked which club they support,they happily replied they cannot be supporting Hearts of Oak as NPP supporters.

Since that day I realized I was in the wrong place,I have never regretted joining Hearts of Oak since."

He says Asante Kotoko have lost someone like him due to the politicization of even our football teams.

"Until we want to detach our football from politics I don’t think it will help us as a country.

Do not look down on people as if they are unintelligent because they do not belong to the same team as you.

On the score of the two or three people who joined relating Kotoko and NPP together I felt I belong to a wrong move.

The Kotoko fraternity has lost someone like me because of NPP" he added.