Kano Pillars risk further punishment as Club Chairman gets suspension for assaulting Referee
The Football Club Owners Association of Nigeria (Club Owners) have placed an indefinite suspension on the chairman of Kano Pillars FC Yahaya Surajo over his unsportsmanlike behaviour during the rescheduled NPFL Match Day 31 between Kano Pillars FC vs Dakkada FC in Kano Thursday.
According to the Association, the suspension was imperative in the wake of a video making rounds online where the Club Administrator was seen assaulting the Assistant Referee One in charge of the game.
The Club owners described his action as unfortunate, unacceptable and a bad representation of what the Association stands for especially when it’s coming less than 48hours after a joint meeting of the LMC and Club Owners exco had warned against acts capable of causing negative image to the League.
“The club owners have therefore placed the chairman of Kano Pillars FC Malam Yahaya Surajo on indefinite suspension from all activities of the Association forthwith pending the outcome of a detailed investigation into the unfortunate incident” Alloy Chukwuemeka, the Executive Secretary of the Association said in a statement in Abuja.
Chief Barr. Isaac Danladi, the Chairman of the Association has also consequently directed that the Kano Pillars boss Surajo would face a disciplinary committee to defend his action or otherwise, before he could be readmitted into the club Owners Association.
The Referee, who was assaulted had reportedly cleared an equalizer goal scored by Dakkada FC in the 92nd minutes of the game- an act which seemed to have angered the Chairman.
The aftermath of the Chairman’s attack on the Referee eventually saw him cancelling the goal after consultation with the Centre Referee of the game.
While the scoreline had ended in favour of Pillars, there are strong indication that the situation could be reviewed to reflect the Dakkada’s goal which was reportedly cancelled under ‘duress’.
Apart from the Chairman, the club also risked further punishment for failing to uphold the standard of the game.
The team, in the current season under review had had its name, more than any other Club dragged to the disciplinary table of the league management company for offences that were deemed capable of bringing the league to disrepute