Mayhem ensued in the reschedule Week 30 NNL match between Ranchers bees of
Kaduna and Kwara united of Ilorin at the FIFA goal project pitch Abuja, when
afterabout 18 mins into the game a penalty was awarded to the Afonja warriors to
the displeasure of players of Ranchers Bees.
Team manager of the Ilorin based NNL side Kwara united FC Masambo Ibrahim told
footballlive.ng that his team were having the upper hand in the encounter which lead
to his side mounting pressure on their opponent and eventually got rewarded for
their effort after two players handled the ball and a penalty awarded which irked a
player of Ranchers Bees who hit the referee and eventually the chaotic scene ensued.
“We started the match around 10:30am, and as the match was on we were having
upper hand in the game and two of their players handled the ball inside the penalty
area and the referee awarded a penalty, as soon as the penalty was awarded,
someone just carrieda stone and hit the referee on the head and the referee was
attacked and the whole venue turned upsidedown and the referee was beaten black
and blue which lead to us all running helter skelter for safety.” Masambo stated.
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