By Christian Okpara
The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), yesterday, fined Nasarawa United N6 million and banished the team to Gombe as punishment for their fans’ unruly behaviour during their week 33 game against Plateau United, at the Lafia Township Stadium, over the weekend.
The NPFL said the sanctions followed confirmed reports of an assault on a Plateau United player, Vincent Temitope, and an attempt to harass match officials.
The NPFL cited Nasarawa United for breaches of Rules B13.52, B13.22, C9, and C11 in a four-count charge.
For failure to provide adequate security, the NPFL fined the club N1 million, another N1 million for failure to ensure proper conduct of their supporters in violation of Rule C9, and N1 million for medical expenses for Vincent Temitope, who was assaulted in breach of Rule C11.
The club is to pay N3 million for repeated breaches of the NPFL Frameworks and Rules with the additional punishment of having their home fixtures away from Lafiya at the Pantami Stadium in Gombe.
Chief Operating Officer of the NPFL, Davidson Owumi, who signed the letter to the club, reiterated that the sanctions were imposed to emphasise on the league’s zero tolerance for misconduct. He said that Nasarawa United has 48 hours to respond in writing to accept the rulings or elect to appear before a disciplinary panel.
