Kwara United not giving up on CAF ticket

Date: 2021-08-18

Despite the draws for the preliminary rounds of the 2021/22 Champions League and Confederation Cup being held already, and the Nigerian clubs pitted against their opponents, Kwara United have again insisted they would not give up their fight to ensure they were rightfully awarded the ticket to play on the continent next season.

League winners Akwa United, Bayelsa United, Enyimba and Rivers United are the country's representatives on the continent.

Rivers United were awarded three points and three goals in their match-day 34 tie against Jigawa United, after the latter was deemed to have fielded an ineligible player in the tie.

The decision meant Rivers, who were sixth with 63 points, climbed to second place with 66 points, overtaking Enyimba on goals difference, while Kwara slumped to fourth place, despite initially ending the season with 65 points and +20 goals difference, which guaranteed them third place on the final NPFL table and a CAF Confederation Cup ticket.

General Manager of the club Bashir Badawiy had earlier told The PUNCH that they hoped for a swift response from the Court of Arbitration for Sport before the CAF Champions League and Confederation Cup draw on Friday, following their rejection of the Nigeria Football Federation Appeals Committee's ruling.

Speaking with The PUNCH on Tuesday, media officer of the Harmony Boys, Jimoh Bashir, said the management was not giving up on the quest to play on the continent.

He said, "The process is still on because our first complaint was that Ibrahim Eddy Mark is from Rivers State and he was not fit to be part of the committee. That's our first point of contention and we believe that based on their findings and decisions they (NFF committee) will have to sit again.

"Very soon the management of Kwara United will come out with our position on the issue; we are only waiting for what NFF still has to say as regards this matter because the decision taken denied us the position we were supposed to end the league with.

"We are not giving up hope on the continental ticket yet. Kwara United want to establish the fact that we are not satisfied with the decision and even if we win the case, it is not because we are desperate to represent Nigeria on the continent. It is just to ensure that the right thing is done. The competition might even have started before we hear from CAS, but we just want to establish the fact that a wrong decision was made and that's the legacy we are fighting for."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdullahi Biffo     Abegunde Goke     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Sulyman Buhari     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Ghali Alaaya     Atiku     Local Government     Medview Airlines     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Olabode Towoju     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Ado Ibrahim     Ilorin.Info     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Makama Of Ilorin     GANZY     Students Union Government     Abraysports FC     Rex Olawoye     Osuwa     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Dele Momodu     Olateju Lukman     Kamaldeen Gambari     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Olushola Saraki     Kwara Hotel     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Manzuma     Tayo Alao     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Idofin     Okeose Christian Cementary     Pakata Patriots     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Kolo     Teachers Specific Allowance     Harrison Osauwagboe     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Babs Iwarere     Nigeria Computer Society     Adedeji Onimago     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Yusuf Lawal     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Jani Ibrahim     Clara Nwachukwu     Mohammed Yisa     Mohammed Danjuma     SGBN     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Minimum Wage     AbdulRahman Saad     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Shettima     Musibau Akanji     Shola Odetundun     Ejidongari     April 11     Tunde Yusuf     Durosinlohun Atiku     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Popo-Igbonna     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Olokoba Sulyman     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Kayode Alabi     Ayo Adeyemi     Igosun     Sheriff Shagaya     David Adesina    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Lanre Issa Onilu     Offa Grammer School     Kola Bukoye     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Ronke Adeyemi     NIRSAL     Saheed Popoola     Afetu Of Alabe     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Labaeka     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Metro Park     Muritala Awodun     Jani Ibrahim     Temi Kolawole     Adamu Attah     Isiaka Yusuf     Senate President     KWASAA     Maigida     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Abdulazeez Uthman     Moshood Mustapha     Bureau Of Lands     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Ballah     NSCIA     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Kwarareports     Baba Idris     Taofeek Sanusi     IPSAS     Modupe Oluwole     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Chief Of Staff     NaAllah     Abdulwaheed Musa     Sobi     Mujtabah Bature     Maryam Ado Bayero     Playing Host     Solomon Edojah     Oko Erin     Shagari     MATTA Girls Foundation     Kumbi Titilope     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Mansur Alfanla     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Bankole Omisore     Kunle Akogun     Eruku     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Yashikira     Ajibike Katibi     Federal Allocation     Trader Moni     Abraysports FC     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Alliance For Democracy     Harmony Holdings     Transition Implementation Committee     Democracy Day     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Fola Consultant     Mogaji Aare     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Seni Saraki     Iyeru Grammar School     Moshood Bakare     NAWOJ     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari