FILE PHOTO: Hadiza Musa (right)
Several security personnel on Sunday rescued centre referee Hadiza Musa from angry fans after visiting Abia Warriors Football Club of Umuahia beat Rangers International FC 2 -1 in Enugu.
It took about 60 Nigeria Police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) personnel to ferry Musa out of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium when she was surrounded by angry fans.
The match was in the 2016/2017 Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL).
The security personnel had to keep Musa in safe custody for over an hour at the stadium’s police post, under serious heat and darkness, after the match to restore calm.
Trouble started brewing when the referee failed to award a penalty kick to Rangers in the 65th minute for a hard tackle on a player in the visiting team’s penalty area.
It escalated when…
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