Football
Premier league side, Abia warriors Football Club of Umuahia, have condemned
in strong terms, the minor skirmishes that followed the club’s 1-1 draw with
visiting oriental brothers, FC Ifeanyi Ubah 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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