Tuesday 10 November 2015

Sunshine, Lobi Stars To Conclude Botched Match In Abuja Wednesday

The yet to be concluded  match day 36 in the Nigeria Glo-Premier League between host Sunshine Stars of Akure and visitors,Lobi Stars of Markudi will be concluded Wednesday at the mainbowl of the National Stadium,Abuja,amarignis.blogspot.com can reveal.
The botched encounter played at the Akure Township Stadium,will be played for six minutes,exactly when the game lasted before home fans of Sunshine Stars alegedly disrupted play.The League management Company-The LMC has ruled the match will start and last for six minutes baring injury times to be added by the centre referee.Cores as the time of the disruption was one zero in favour of Lobi Stars.The botched encounter was played on the 1st of this Month.

Our investigation reveals that both teams are already in Abuja ahead of the match tomorrow,though with uncleared reports that Sunshine are threatening not to honour the tie for what they described as unfair judgement by the LMC.

 Sunshine Stars were sanctioned by the League Management Company (LMC) following  incident in  Akure that led to disruption of their  Match Day 36 fixtures on Sunday.

The LMC fined Sunshine Stars N5,000,000 with further sanctions that also included Stadium ban and banishment to neutral venue for Sunshine Stars.
For pitch invasion by Supporters Club of Sunshine Stars in their match against Lobi Stars in Akure which is in violation of Article B13.22, the Supporters were banned for the rest of the 2014/15 Glo Premer League for persistent disorderly behavior having been previously warned about such behavior in the Match Day 29 fixture against Nasarawa United.

The LMC charge and decision read, "a fine of Five Million Naira (N5, 000, 000) payable to the LMC within 14 days for encroachment onto the field of play by supporters of Sunshine Stars FC, causing the discontinuation of the match in breach of article B13.19".
For breach of Article B13.21, Sunshine Stars were  also banished to Lagos, while the disrupted match against Lobi Stars will be concluded in Abuja on November 11. Sunshine will thus play their rescheduled Match Day 34 fixture against Rangers and 38 fixture against Enyimba at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos. 

The Akure Township Stadium was also banned from hosting matches of the NPFL for one year.
The Akure club was also found in violation of article C10 and was ordered to pay the sum of N250, 000 to the Match Referee who was assaulted by the fans and another N250, 000 to the Cameraman of Lobi Stars FC who was also assaulted.

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