Abia
warriors Football Club of Umuahia have condemned in strong terms, the minor
skirmishes that followed the club’s 1-1 draw with visiting FC Ifeanyi Ubah during
matchday 35 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) at the Umuahia Township
Stadium and accused the opposing fans of engineering the violence.
In a
statement issued in Umuahia after the club’s emergency management meeting, Abia
Warriors recalled that the Umuahia Township Stadium has remained the most
peaceful venue in the country as no violence had ever been recorded at the
arena in the history of Nigerian Football before, during or after any match no
matter the result recorded.
The club
noted that FC Ifeanyi Ubah had come to Umuahia with thousands of their fans and
were the ones that started a fight even at half time when their goalkeeper beat
up a ball boy for an inexplicable reason and after the game in order to indict
Abia Warriors Football Club.
“We have
lost some games and drawn others at the Umuahia Township Stadium this season
and nothing happened after those matches despite the provocation by some of the
officials, so what is the big deal about the draw with Ifeanyi Ubah? The
statement queried.
Abia
Warriors called on the league Management Company to monitor the activities of
the officials that handle league matches at this critical period of the season
in order to ensure fairness to all the clubs and so that the league will not be
brought into disrepute through the activities of some overzealous referees.
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