NPFL: Bayelsa Utd fined N3m for assault on 3SC goalkeeper

Bayelsa Utd have been charged for breaching NPFL rules in their Match Day 37 game against 3SC on Sunday, June 16, 2024.

The Yenagoa club also failed to restrict access by unauthorized persons to all restricted areas, resulting in the assault of 3SC goalkeeper, Okiemute Odah.

There was also encroachment into the pitch at Bayelsa Utd’s Samson Siasia Stadium home ground leading to the assault on the 3SC goalkeeper.

The League body also accused Bayelsa Utd of failure to provide adequate security and effective crowd control, which resulted in the assault of an opposing player.

The team was fined N1m each for failure to provide adequate security and effective crowd control, failure to restrict access by unauthorized persons to all restricted areas and encroachment into the pitch resulting to the assault of Odah, totalling three million naira.

Bayelsa Utd is also to pay Odah a compensation of N250,000, identify and prosecute the culprit of the assault within 48 hours of receiving the notice of sanctions.

Failure of Bayelsa Utd to identify, prosecute and provide evidence of prosecuting the culprit may result in additional sanctions.

The League body also stated that the culprit, pending identification and prosecution, is banned from all NPFL match venues for a year.

Bayelsa Utd have 48 hours from the date of notice to appeal the sanctions