Nigeria National League banishes Katsina Spotlight Football Club
FeaturedSports October 7, 2015 Dianabasi Effiong
Katsina Spotlight Football Club have been handed a six (6) Months banishment and will cough out .N4miliion for manhandling match officials in match Day fourteen involving Plateau United in the Nigeria National League(NNL).A break down shows that Spotlight are to pay N300.000.00 for harassing match officials in keeping with article 3.7,and an additional N100.000,00 for assaults following the provision of article 6.0(1) of the League rules and regulations.
According Lawrence Katken,Secretary of the NNL,Spotlight are guilty of the same offense in their previous tie against Supreme Court FC of Abuja thereby violating League rule 3.3(7) .
Other degrees of punishment were also meted out to other officials of Spotlight.
Mallam Ghali Musa is to face an indefinite suspension from all organised competitions by the Nigeria National League.
A statement endorsed by Amar Ignis, Media Head, NNL, made available to sportswriters quoted reports reaching the League body: “Home Tugs’ allegedly led by Mallam Ghali Musa armed with knives and machets at the prematch meeting intimidated the match officials, while threatening that the home side must win or everyone dies.
“The Match officials were prevented from entering the dressing room after warm up-an, act that resulted in the Kit Manager of Katsina Spotlight, Masa’ ud master and Ghali confronting the officials who they threatened to stab.
” Coach Aminu Musa of Spotlight allegedly assaulted the centre referee and used offensive language on the officials.
Dianabasi Effiong
