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NPFL: LMC Sanctions Kano Pillars |SEE WHY

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Apr 18, 2022

NPFL: LMC Sanctions Kano Pillars |SEE WHY
The League Management Company (LMC), has hit Kano-based club, Kano Pillars with a string of sanctions after Saturday's game with League counterparts, Katsina United.

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In the wake of the condemnable scenes that served as a follow of the Nigeria Professional Football League Matchday 23 clash with Katsina United on Saturday, the Nigerian football league regulatory board has slammed the top division club a-N9 million fan and a ban from their home ground, Sani Abacha Stadium.

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The game which marked Pillars' first at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano for the first time in over a year ended in a sterile draw with the Changi boys of Katsina United.

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Displeased with the turn-out of events, irate fans took to violence, damaging properties at the stadium including the bus of the visiting team.

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Reacting, the three-time league title holders condemned the violent acts and blamed them on saboteurs.

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The LMC, however went on to announce stringent punishments on the Sai Masu Gida of Kano.

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On the list of sanctions is also a three-point deduction, a ban on their Sani Abacha stadium from hosting NPFL games, and a mandate to repair the vandalised Katsina United team bus.

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Meanwhile, the side is no stranger to fines as they were fined a whopping sum of 7,500,000.00 for failing to follow the orders of the LMC and NFF, which prohibited fans from viewing live games in the stadium in the 2020/2021 NPFL season.

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