By Daily Sports on January 16, 2017
Several security personnel on Sunday rescued centre referee Hadiza Musa from angry fans after visiting Abia Warriors Football Club of Umuahia beat Rangers International FC 2 -1 in Enugu.
It took about 60 Nigeria Police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) personnel to ferry Musa out of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium when she was surrounded by angry fans.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the match was in the 2016/2017 Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL).
The security personnel had to keep Musa in safe custody for over an hour at the stadium’s police post, after the match to restore calm.
Trouble started brewing when the referee failed to award a penalty kick to Rangers in the 65th minute for a hard tackle on a player in the visiting team’s penalty area.
It escalated when she awarded a penalty kick to the visiting team for an handball offence by a Rangers’ defender in the 75th minute.
Earlier during the match, Rangers took the lead through a shot by Fortune Omoniwari in the 10th minute, while Abia Warriors equalised through Emeka Isaac in the 26th minute.
The 75th minute penalty kick, which was scored by Godwin Zaki, gave Abia Warriors the 2–1 lead for the match to then run out tension-soaked minutes till the end.
Reacting later, Rangers’ coach Imama Amapakabo said it was unfortunate that the game ended on a sad note for his team.
Amapakabo, however, noted that the defeat was a wake-up call to everybody in his team to re-double their efforts.
“I have learnt from some lapses in the team today, and we are going to work harder to fix it and come out better in our next match.
“However, it is a wake-up call to everybody in the team to put more zeal and hard work into our pursuit this season. We still have 37 matches to play,’’ he added. (NAN)
Source Daily Sports
Posted January 16, 2017
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