Violence erupts in Ibadan as fans clash with Ikorodu City players after Shooting Stars draw, Video

• Irate fans of Shooting Stars allegedly held Ikorodu City hostage aft a goalless gully astatine the Lekan Salami Stadium successful Ibadan connected Sunday
• The location squad squandered respective chances successful their Southwest derby, frustrating the fans, who past threatened the lucifer officials
• The Lagos-based squad was held successful the dressing country for an hr aft the lucifer earlier being rescued by the Nigerian Army

Ikorodu City were allegedly held hostage by aggravated fans of Shooting Stars aft their 0-0 gully successful lucifer time 32 of the Nigeria Premier Football League connected Sunday.

Despite the beingness of the Nigeria Police Force astatine the venue, they were incapable to power the irate fans, who pelted trash cans astatine the referees.

The visiting squad was yet accompanied retired of the stadium by unit of the Nigerian Army.

Irate fans of Shooting Stars held Ikorodu City hostage for 2 hours aft their lucifer ended successful a goalless gully successful Ibadan. Photo by: X/@PoojaMedia.
Source: Twitter

Unsportsmanlike behaviour of Shooting Stars fans

Ikorodu City and Shooting Stars players were some held hostage by the location team's fans connected Sunday pursuing their goalless gully successful match-day 32 of the Nigeria Premier Football League.

According to ScoreNigeria, frustrated by their team's inability to person respective chances, irate Shooting Stars fans erupted aft the last whistle.

They pelted trash cans astatine the referees and the constabulary officers connected duty.

Following the incidental with the officials, the aggravated fans proceeded to trap the Ikorodu City players successful the dressing country for 2 hours without power.

The visiting team's autobus was besides vandalised, and the constabulary struggled to forestall the fans from accessing the dressing country per Punch.

It wasn’t until the involution of Fatai Owoseni, the Special Adviser to the Oyo State Governor connected Security, that the Nigerian Army was provided to safely acompany the distant squad retired of the stadium.

Shooting Stars are presently successful 4th spot with 48 points, portion Ikorodu City person moved up to sixth spot with 46 points successful the 2024/25 play per ESPN.

Ikorodu City and Shooting Stars players were denied entree retired of the Lekan Salami Stadium aft fans of the location squad held them hostage. Photo by: @PoojaMedia/X.
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NPFL enthusiasts telephone for strict sanctions

Fans of the Nigeria Premier Football League person urged the league's committee to enforce dense sanctions connected Shooting Stars pursuing the unruly behaviour of their supporters.

One instrumentality suggested that the nine should beryllium fined and banned from playing astatine their existent venue, portion a Shooting Stars protagonist claimed that the Ikorodu City players were not held hostage.

@henrygaza said:

"3scfanstv, this is truthful belittling of a nine of ur size and magnitude! Doing this to a Southwest squad is perfectly unacceptable!! I hope.

@NigeriaPFL wrote:

"Make your nine wage heavy for each this damage! It’s truthful uncalled for ontop 0-0 draw. "Shameful

@bowale4you added:

"They should beryllium fined and person automatic deduction of points excessively positive they should play location matches successful neutral venues for the remainder of the season."And I commune they suffer the league due to the fact that of this. "They should beryllium scapegoats for others that are reasoning to bash same.

@Fehintoluwani said:

"They were not held hostage due to the fact that had it been the ikorodu players were allowed to spell outside, it would person been a disaster. "An ikorodu protagonist came retired and instantly the shooting stars fans noticed, they each rushed to bushed him. Pls beryllium considerate with your prime of words.

@EbubedikeOchu wrote:

"The should beryllium fined 20 cardinal naira. 9 constituent deduction and they should play the remainder of the play connected neutral ground

Ideye blast NPFL

Legit.ng earlier reported that 2013 AFCON victor Brown Ideye has voiced his concerns astir the authorities of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), urging urgent reforms to elevate its standards.

The 36-year-old erstwhile Super Eagles striker, who precocious returned to the NPFL with Enyimba, lamented the diminution successful prime since his archetypal stint successful the league implicit a decennary ago.

Having kick-started his vocation astatine Ocean Boys, wherever helium won the NPFL rubric successful 2007, Ideye’s instrumentality to the Nigerian league was met with optimism.

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