The Nigeria Football Federation
(NFF) have sent orders to the Rivers United Football Club to tender an
unreserved apology to the federation within 48hrs or risk facing disciplinary
actions from the federation.
This is in regard to how Rivers United
reacted to the Nigeria football governing body’s decision to draw up the final
table of the NPFL 19/20 season which saw Enyimba take the second place while Rivers
finished third. Rivers United had equal number of points with Enyimba but a
superior goal difference against the said team. And by placement, Enyimba were
handed a CAF Champions League slot while Rivers United got the CAF
Confederations Cup.
Rivers United have since rebutted
the final table insisting that their team should be placed second based off of application
of the rule of goal difference as against head-to-head adopted by NFF and the League
Management Company.
In a two-page letter signed by the
General Secretary of the NFF, Mohammed Sanusi, it stated in a section that Rivers
United has been asked to apologise over allegations of half-truths, deliberate
distortion and obvious misinformation against the NFF. The letter also frowned
at a comment made by the club which the federation found to be disparaging.
Failure to meet the demands of the
federation would see them be meted with disciplinary actions.
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