NPFL fines Rivers United N15m, deducts three points, goals for blocking live broadcast

The Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, has imposed a suspended good of N15 cardinal and a three-point and three-goal deduction connected Rivers United for obstructing the unrecorded broadcast of their location fixture against Rangers International connected Sunday.

The Matchday 11 encounter, played astatine the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium successful Port Harcourt, ended successful a 1-1 draw.

According to the NPFL, the N15 cardinal good and the sporting sanctions volition lone beryllium activated if Rivers United commits a akin offence again during the ongoing season.

NPFL Chief Executive Officer, Ayo Abdulrahman, said the club's enactment undermined the league's commercialized and broadcasting agreements.

He further stated that the incidental had brought the integrity and estimation of the league into disrepute.

Abdulrahman stressed that nary nine is permitted to obstruct, restrict oregon contradict authorised broadcast access, peculiarly during matches officially scheduled for unrecorded tv coverage.

NPFL fines Rivers United N15m, deducts 3 points, goals for blocking unrecorded broadcast