Friday, April 11, 2025 - The Nigeria Premier Football League has imposed a fine of N5 million on Shooting Stars Sports Club over fans’ attack on the Ikorodu City entourage at the Lekan Salami stadium.
After their goalless draw on Sunday, players and officials
of Ikorodu City had to exit the stadium in Ibadan with the intervention of the
Nigerian Army operatives.
It was gathered that players and officials of Ikorodu City
Football Club were held hostage by irate Shooting Stars fans on Sunday
following their goalless draw in the Southwest derby at the Lekan Salami
Stadium in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.
According to Ikorodu City’s director of media and
communication, Samuel Bamisebi the away team were “locked inside the stadium to
prevent the angry fans outside from coming inside”.
He added that some angry 3SC fans damaged one of the buses
that conveyed Ikorodu City’s fans from Lagos to the stadium.
In a statement Wednesday, NPFL said 3SC “was found guilty of
all three counts for failure to provide adequate security, failure to ensure
proper conduct of their supporters resulting in the attack on the opponents and
throwing of objects to the field of play and the referees”.
The league body then fined 3SC N1 million for each charge
and ordered an additional N2 million to be paid for the damage cost to the
Ikorodu City bus.
NPFL then ordered the closure of the Lekan Salami stadium to
fans for the rest of the season.
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