ABS Walk Over Gateway, Gain Promotion To NPFL

Date: 2016-10-31

ABS Ilorin FC have gained promotion back to the Nigeria Professional Football League after three seasons in the second-tier Nigerian National League after walking over Gateway United of Abeokuta in a match day 14 fixture on Sunday, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.

Gateway were top on the Group B2 going into Sunday's final day games on goal difference as they were tied on 21 points but the Olumo Rock City side enjoyed superior goal advantage of plus six against ABS Ilorin's plus five. But the expected clash of the top teams could not hold as the visiting side refused to play, citing security lapses.

After the mandatory 30-minute wait, centre referee Hamza Garba from Kano sounded his whistle, confirming a walkover for the Harmony Warriors. "I'm delighted we've technically won the game as stipulated by the rules", a delighted Henry Makinwa, ABS Ilorin coach, told Completesportsnigeria.com at the Kwara State Stadium, Ilorin on Sunday.

"I don't know why they (Gateway United) refused to play. They were right there in the stadium but what justifiable reason they can have for not playing is beyond me and beyond reasoning. "If security is their reason, I think they got it wrong. There were enough policemen here, about 50-60 of them so why should they not play?

"At worst, they could have played under protest but as it is right now, I can say congratulations to my team for making it possible for us to get promoted back into the Nigeria Professional Football League."

However, Ogun State leader of delegation and commissioner for Spirts, Afolabi Afuape, told Completesportsnigeria.com that he valued the lives of his players much more than the three points and a possible promotion to the NPFL.

"Under the circumstances, we could not get on with the game because jeopardizing the lives of our playets would have been a risk worth not taking," Afuape said.

"Yes, we could have played under protest but like I said, it is more important to be alive and play tomorrow than putting the lives of these young players in danger." Nigeria Football Federation executive committee member and chairman of referees committee Ahmed Fresh was at the match venue.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Alore     Talaka Parapo     Isapa     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Gabriel Fashanu     Adedipe     Kuliyan Geri     Kisra     Ajakaye     Face Masks     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Moses Rahman Popoola     New Nigeria People’s Party     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Peter Obi     Bello Bature     Justina Oha     Gbugbu International Market     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Oyedepo     Christopher Ayeni     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Mahee Abdulkadir     Balogun Fulani     Minimum Wage     Oko-Erin     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Code Of Conduct     KWACOBPA     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     IYA YUSUF     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Femi Ogunsola     John Olobayo     Igbaja     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     FERMA     Abdulazeez Uthman     Fatimat Saliu     Olofa Of Offa     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Temi Kolawole     Pilgrims Board     Oke-Oyi     Marufat Oladosu     Nigerian Medical Association     Bayo Onimago     Sa\'adu Gambari     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Suleiman Abubakar     Gamji Members Association     Mahfouz Adedimeji     John Obuh     Share/Tsaragi     Local Government     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Alapansapa     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     2023 Elections     Joseph Alex Offorjama     KWASAA     Kwara Pdp     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Fulani     Nurudeen Mohammed     Offa Metropolitan Club     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Agboola Abdulraheem     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Aiyedun     Simeon Sayomi     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Adebara     Isiaka Oniwa     Micheal Imoudu     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Galadiman Ngeri     11th Galadima     Balogun Gambari     Salaudeen Oyewale     Rihanat Ajia     Owu Fall     Taofik Mustapha     Pakata Patriots     Ojo Fadumila     Balogun Fulani     Yahya Mohammed     Idowu Laro     Muhammadu Buhari     Kayode Laro     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Ogbondoroko     Adeola Abraham     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Ahman Pategi University     Shururat Olatinwo     Kolade Solagberu     Haliru Yahaya     JMK Construction Company Limited     Wahab Egbewole     Aremu Bose Deborah     Riskat Opakunle     Biliaminu Aliu     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Oko-Erin     Joseph Bamigboye     Ilorin.Info     Idi-Ape     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Folashade Omoniyi     Tafida     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Abdulkadir Orire     Durosinlohun Atiku     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Offa Metropolitan Club     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     NFAI     MATTA Girls Foundation     COVID     Ahman Patigi     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Bolaji Nagode     Oluwole Dupe     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Kola Ologbondiyan     Valsolar Consortium     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Halidu Danbaba     Al-Adaby     Kola Adesina     Guber Aspirant     Femi Gbajabiamila     IDPU     Offorjama     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     A.E. Afolabi     Alapansapa     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Gbemi Saraki     Ilesha-Gwanara     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Pacify Labs     Sunday Fagbemi     Khairat Gwadabe     Javed Khan     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro