A total of eleven people from FC Ifeanyi Ubah have been penalised for attacking match officials during a football match in August in the Nigerian Professional Football League.
The people in question – nine players and two officials, were handed a 12-match and 19-match bans respectively for attacking match officials.
During August’s game, three players attacked referee Nakura Auwal after winger King Osanga was sent off.
Six more joined in the ensuing melee, while officials Chidi Nwogu and Adrika Obiefuna also assaulted the referees.
Two of the players punished by the Nigerian Premier League, Stephen Eze and Adeleye Olamilekan, are players in the Home-based African Cup of Nations for the Super Eagles.
The club was also fined $4,900 for the incident and ordered to pay $700 to each of the officials involved and any certified medical bills.
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