A fan of Kano Pillars shot
during a Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) match against Heartland at
the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano on Wednesday is recovering at a hospital in the
northern city.
Spokesman of the Nigerian
champions, Idris Malikawa, told Naijaligue.blogspot.com on Thursday that the
fan allegedly shot by a policeman outside the playing arena of the Sani Abacha
Stadium is recovering and not dead.
“It is very untrue that
the fan shot by a policeman yesterday is dead,” said Malikawa on Thursday. “He
is currently in hospital being treated for gunshot wound to his left leg and
could possibly be discharged from hospital this week I have been told. But the
chairman of our club and a few officials will pay him a visit.”
The Professional Football
League game between table-topping Kano Pillars and Heartland was abandoned just
around the half hour mark following a shooting incident.
An unidentified policeman
was alleged to have shot a fan leading to a rowdy session during the game
before it was called off by centre referee, Sylvester Okungbowa.
Eyewitnesses said
policemen attached as security personnel to the game had accosted a number of
fans smoking marijuana outside the playing arena leading to the gunshot
incident.
There has been no official
statement on the incident from the league managing body.
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