The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF disciplinary committee has given a verdict following thier recent meeting on the protest lodged by Doma United against NPFL's decision concerning the match played against Enyimba on 10th March at the Aba Stadium as gathered by Nigeriasoccernet.com.
The first finding was that the match was played for about 88 Minutes of the Match before it was disrupted.
The cause of the disruption of the match was as a result the 88th minute goal scored by Enyimba FC which was initially admitted to be a goal. Thereafter, the Referee consulted with the Assistant Referee 1 (AR1) who raised his flag for an offside positioning. The Referee agreed that the goal was scored from an offside position.
Ater the restart of play, the ball kicked by Doma United FC Player (GK) was held by Enyimba FC., while an official and reserved players of Enyimba FC ran into the field of play to accost the Referee.
The Committee equally upheld the NPFL decisions as provided under paragraphs a, b and c as contained in Form 16 (Summary Jurisdiction Notice) of 14th March, 2024. The Match Commissioner is hereby reprimanded for not being totally alive to his responsibility.
That the above decisions are without prejudice to the right of appeal.
The referee was found wanting in the final decisions, the result of the match at the point of the restart of the game after over ruling the goal scored as offside is hereby upheld at (0-0).
Credit: NFF Media