The NPFL, in a series of judgments, has dropped its disciplinary hammer on Warri Wolves, Katsina United and Abia Warriors for the behaviour of fans and officials in recent league games, www.aclsports.com reports.
Warri Wolves were charged with breaching the league’s Framework & Rules in their match vs Kano Pillars last Sunday. The failure to provide adequate security allowed unauthorised persons to gain access and assault the appointed match officials after the match, resulting in the second assistant referee sustaining an injury to his nose & bleeding.
The Seasiders were given a N4 million naira fine for the lack of security and assault on the match official, and they have also been directed to pay compensation of N250,000 to the affected assistant referee for treatment of the injury sustained during the incident.
In addition, the club has been docked three points and three goals from their season tally, while their next three home matches are to be played behind closed doors.
Meanwhile, Katsina Utd have been fined a total of N2 million for the actions of their supporters in the game against Plateau United on Saturday. The Changi Boys have been asked to pay N1 million for failing to provide adequate & effective security, & will pay another N1 million fine for encroachment into the field of play.
In a separate punishment, Abia Warriors were also charged for failing to provide adequate security in their home loss to Niger Tornadoes on Sunday, and it was reported that an official of Abia Warriors attempted to disrupt the live broadcast of the match by harassing a crew member of the league’s broadcast partner.
The league body has now fined Abia Warriors N1 million for failing to provide adequate security as agreed at the technical meeting, another N2 million for the attempt to disrupt the live broadcast of the match, and compensation of N250,000 to be paid to the affected crew member of the broadcast partner for treatment of the injury sustained during the incident.
In addition, Abia Warriors multimedia officer, Chidera Favour Igwe, is also suspended from all 2026/27 NPFL activities for 5 matches, both home & away, for attempting to disrupt the live broadcast & harassing a crew member of the broadcast partner.
Warri Wolves, Katsina United and Abia Warriors have within 48 hours of the working day of the date of this notice to appeal the sanctions.
