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The Interim Management Committee of the Nigeria Professional Football League has ordered Maiduguri-based club, Elkanemi Warriors to play under closed doors indefinitely.
The decision came following reported case of violence which broke during their match day 5 game against visiting side Bendel Insurance of Benin, where they lost by 1-0 at home and failure of the club to comply with further rules guiding the use of the playing pitch
The football body released a statement on Thursday ordering the closure of the Maiduguri Township Stadium and they further commenced a full investigation into what went wrong.
“The IMC has ordered an indefinite closure of the Maiduguri Township Stadium to fans for El-Kanemi Warriors home fixtures pending an investigation into reported security breaches in the course of their match against Bendel Insurance on Wednesday, February 1”, the statement said.
IMC Further reminded Elkanemi Warrior of an earlier correspondence on an ongoing review of the provisional approval granted it for the El-Kanemi Stadium and advice therein to restrict the use of the stadium to only football activities, the IMC urged the club to prepare to relocate to an alternate ground as recent assessment of the playing pitch shows that ithe present condition is still far from ideal.
“You are therefore expected to take more expedient steps to improve the quality of the playing pitch.
“You are further advised to notify the league secretariat of your preferred alternate ground in the interim, to act as a safeguard, in the event that you are unable to carryout adequate improvement to the playing pitch of the El-Kanemi Stadium within stipulated time”, the IMC wrote in the memo to the club.
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