NPL: Warri Wolves Pay Price For Hooliganism

The Nigeria Football Federation has placed a huge monetary
sanction on Warri Wolves FC as punishment for recent acts of hooliganism by
their fans.

Some of Warri Wolves’ home games this season has been marred
by violence from their fans, directed at visiting teams.

In their Week 30 game against Enyimba, fans of the Delta
State-owned club disrupted the match by invading the pitch and beating up
officials and travelling fans of Enyimba.

Apart from severe injuries suffered by Enyimba’s cameraman
Victor Obisike; whose camcorder was smashed to the ground, musical instruments
of the supporters club as well as a digital camera belonging Enyimba’s Media
Officer, Farriel Allaputa were also allegedly destroyed.

Also in another Warri Wolves home game against Rising Stars,
a fan of the home side made his way into the pitch to beat up a player of the
visiting team who subsequently abandoned the match as a result.

To act a deterrence, the NFF have now fined Warri Wolves a
total of N10.5 million, which include; a fine of N5 million payable to the NFF
before the last match of the season, a compensatory damage of N2.5 million to
Enyimba’s cameraman Victor Obisike and the sum of N3,000,000 for the match
against Rising Stars which the NFF has ordered to be replayed at a later date.

The points from the restive game between Warri Wolves and
Enyimba had previously been awarded to Enyimba. However, that decision has been
reversed.