Rivers United Supporters Club Chairiman Denies Allegation

Rivers United Football Clubs, Chairman, Franklin Owhor, has denied allegationed that members his club of attacked visiting Enyimba fc of Aba players and disrupted their training session.
He described the allegation as total fallacy, unfounded and mischief, adding that it was gross blackmail to dent the corporate image of the club.
Owhor said this in a telephone interview with Tidesports, yesterday. He said that no member of his club can behave in that barbaric manner, because “all his members are disciplined and cultured”.
The supporters boss explained that Enyimba is part of Rivers State; besides, they have come to Port Harcourt to pick points severally so this is not the first time, apart from that, other clubs have also had draw, won and lost in Port Harcourt, no such incident recorded.
It was reported in the social media that some supporters club members of Rivers United on Saturday, stormed Yakubu Gowon stadium and attacked Enyimba players and disrupted their training session ahead of Week 35 of Nigeria Professional Football League match.
According to the report, the supporters club members of the host team threatened to shoot Enyimba players if they do not leave the stadium, adding that the Enyinba officials who captured the incident with their  cell phones had their  phones  seized  by the rate supporters.
The report further stated that they threatened that if Enyimba wins the game there would be bloodshed.
However, the Rivers United Supporters’ Club Chairman advised journalists to always crosscheck their facts before going to press, adding that misinformation has the capacity to bring down a country. “It is also not good for our League, because it can create hatred among clubs”, he said.
He said the matter was just a mere misunderstanding between two persons and not a member of his club.
“The story been circulated in the social media is mere in figment of the writer’s imagination to destroy the image of the Supporters Club. Everybody knows that Rivers United supporters club is the number one in terms of hospitality, so we cannot just throw away such good name built for over years in a day”, Owhor said.

Tonye Orabere