FAM claimed to have made the decision after noting that Karonga Stadium was in bad condition to host the match.

But in their response to FAM's decision, Chairperson for Karonga United Mathews Tulombolombo accused FAM of making the decision without an assessment report which could have justified its decision.

"We have experience worst hooliganism in Blantyre, fighting, yelling obscenities or throwing objects into the field, breaking of glasses and perimeter walls at Kamuzu stadium, recently during Wanderers FC and Nyasa Bullets but such decisions were not made up to today, lets treat each other fairly and equally.

"Thus, since you have decided to shift our game to Mzuzu without proper justification as Karonga united family we are withdrawing from FDH CUP forth with, it’s a painful decision but we don’t have any other option,'" says Tulombolombo.

But rules and regulations for the FDH Cup, among others, says if any team withdraws, then the team shall be liable to a fine of K100,000.00 at regional level and K2 million at national level and in addition to the fine, the team shall be banned from participating in any competition organized by FAM or any of its affiliate bodies for a period of 1 year.