{"id":3458,"date":"2026-10-29T15:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T15:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/euromatch-npfl-abia-warriors-appeal-n3-25m-fine-suspension-of-multimedia-officer\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T15:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T15:32:16","slug":"euromatch-npfl-abia-warriors-appeal-n3-25m-fine-suspension-of-multimedia-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/euromatch-npfl-abia-warriors-appeal-n3-25m-fine-suspension-of-multimedia-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Euromatch NPFL: Abia Warriors Appeal N3.25m Fine, Suspension Of Multimedia Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abia Warriors are refusing to back down after launching a fierce appeal against what they have slammed as \u201cexcessive\u201d NPFL sanctions following their fiery clash with Niger Tornadoes on October 25.<\/p>\n<p>The disciplinary hammer fell hard on the Umuahia club, landing multimedia officer Chidera Favour Igwe with a five-match ban and slapping the management with a heavy \u20a63.25 million financial penalty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/nnl-amuneke-vows-heartland-will-fight-for-promotion-in-new-season\/\">NNL: Amuneke Vows Heartland Will Fight For Promotion In New Season<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the NPFL, Igwe was punished for allegedly trying to sabotage the live television broadcast, while the club was also dinged for a supposed security breakdown.<\/p>\n<p>But Abia Warriors have hit back hard, explaining that Igwe only asked the cameraman to reposition his lens toward the visitors after feeling targeted by an uncomfortably prolonged camera shot.<\/p>\n<p>Demanding true justice, the club has challenged the league board to pull up the official broadcast footage and review what actually happened on the ground.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/euromatch-npfl-niger-tornadoes-goalkeeper-julu-earns-liberia-call-up-for-cape-verde-double-header\/\">Euromatch NPFL: Niger Tornadoes Goalkeeper Julu Earns Liberia Call-Up For Cape Verde Double-Header<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The club also laughed off claims of poor stadium security, pointing out the undeniable fact that Niger Tornadoes departed the arena safely without a single security hiccup.<\/p>\n<p>With a breakdown of \u20a61 million for security, \u20a62 million for the broadcast dispute, and \u20a6250,000 for medical costs hanging in the balance, Abia Warriors are eagerly awaiting a fair review from the league bosses.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abia Warriors are refusing to back down after launching a fierce appeal against what they have slammed as \u201cexcessive\u201d NPFL sanctions following their fiery clash with Niger Tornadoes on October&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}