The League Management Company (LMC) has postponed the
opening game of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) between
champions Kano Pillars and Heartland.
Heartland were scheduled to host the champions this
Saturday, but the game is now off after the Kano club were attacked by armed
robbers along Abaji-Lokoja road on Thursday afternoon.
Five key players -- Gambo Muhammed, Eneji Otekpa, Adamu
Murtala, Reuben Ogbonnaya and Ubong Ekpai -- were those left injured from the
incident.
"The League Management Company has expressed shock at
the news of the armed robbery attack on the Kano Pillars Football Club
contingent along the Abuja-Lokoja Road and consequently ordered an indefinite
postponement of their Match Day 1 fixture in Owerri against Heartland FC,"
the opening part of the statement from the league body said.
Chief Operating Officer of the league company, Salihu
Abubakar, condemned the attack on Kano Pillars.
He added that the other nine matches of game week one will
proceed as scheduled with the two matches in Port Harcourt scheduled to go live
on SuperSport this Saturday.
"While we sympathise with the club and strongly condemn
this crime, clubs are advised that the Match Day 1 fixtures will be held as
scheduled except the matches in Port Harcourt, which will now serve as a
double-header and will be televised live on Saturday,” Abubakar said.
Sharks face Sunshine Stars in the early kickoff on Saturday
while Dolphins will play hosts to Kwara United in the second game of the
doubleheader at the Liberation Stadium. Both games are live on SuperSport
Select.
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