Lafia, Nasarawa state – The Nigerian Police Power, Nasarawa state command, has arraigned a Nasarawa United Soccer Membership supporter, Bashir Bala, for injuring Plateau United participant, Vincent Temitope, shortly after a Nigeria Premier Soccer League (NPFL) match in Lafia on Sunday, April 13.
Police spokesperson, DSP Rahman Nansel, confirmed the event in a phone dialog with NewsWatch.com.ng on Thursday night, April 17, disclosing that Bala was charged earlier than the chief Justice of the Peace court docket 3 in Lafia.
Bala was arraigned on prices of assault, use of legal power, and disturbance of public peace following his brutal assault on Temitope, who had simply delivered a standout efficiency through the matchday 13 fixture.
The assault, which left Temitope with a stab wound to the neck, drew nationwide outrage and renewed scrutiny over safety lapses at NPFL match venues.
Eyewitnesses stated the assault occurred moments after the ultimate whistle, when a mob of Nasarawa United followers stormed the pitch in anger.
Regardless of dropping 3-2 to the hosts, Temitope’s spirited show appeared to impress the fury of some Nasarawa supporters, who focused him because the image of their staff’s shaky defence.
Plateau United’s director of media operations, Yaksat Maklek, confirmed the incident, saying:
Temitope was instantly rushed to the Federal Educating Hospital in Lafia, the place he acquired emergency remedy and was later discharged in steady situation.
The violence unfolded barely every week after the NPFL lifted a earlier ban on Nasarawa United followers, permitting them again into the Lafia Township Stadium below “strict safety situations” following earlier episodes of crowd bother.
Nonetheless, Sunday’s incident has as soon as once more uncovered the deep-rooted problems with fan violence plaguing Nigerian soccer, elevating pressing questions in regards to the NPFL’s capacity to implement security laws.
Reacting, the administration of Nasarawa United claimed that Temitope was not stabbed as reported by the visiting staff.
In an official assertion issued on Tuesday, April 15, the Lafia-based membership stated:
In a associated incident, chaos erupted on the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan, following a tense 0-0 draw between Taking pictures Stars SC (3SC) and Ikorodu Metropolis FC within the 2024/2025 Nigeria Premier Soccer League (NPFL) season.
After the ultimate whistle, livid Taking pictures Stars FC supporters, enraged by their staff’s incapability to safe a house win, descended into violence.
Supply: NewsWatch.com.ng
