Wikki Tourists FC of Bauchi have said gross indiscipline responsible for the three red cards given to Kano Pillars players during Sunday’s 3-1 win in the Match Day 23 league game at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium Bauchi.
The club’s media officer, Usman Abbas Shehu stated this while reacting to reports credited to Kano Pillars media officer, Idris Malikawa, where he alleged that the center referee manufactured results for Wikki Tourists. Three red cards and a penalty were awarded against Kano Pillars in the match.
In a release made available to SportingLife, Shehu said: “It is not in Wikki Tourists character to join issues with any club, but we are compelled to respond to the fabricated story created to Pillars media officer, which was published in one of the highly respected and reputable sports newspapers in Nigeria. There is nothing like manufacturing of red cards in the laws guiding the officiating of football in any part of the world. All I know is that red card or red cards and penalty is part of the game and it must be applied where any player go against the law of the game.
“After all the game of football is practical, therefore, it is wrong to lie to people of what they saw practically, over five thousand people watched that match in Bauchi including sports journalists across the country but there was no reports of bad officiating, why only a press statement from the defeated Pillars Media officer.
“I shared the same view with Pillars spokesman demanding LMC to investigate the true picture of what happened. I am sure Pillars had submitted the unedited tape of the match to the Match Commissioner and we also have our recorded tape. I believe the tapes will expose the unruly behaviors of those players’ that received red cards.”