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By Goodluck Ikiebe.
The World football governing body, FIFA, has slammed indefinite ban on Moshood Abiola National Stadium Abuja from hosting international matches.
Our Correspondent gathered that the ban on came on Wednesday after irate Nigerian fans invaded the stadium on Tuesday following their nation’s failure to qualify for the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar
On Tuesday, the newly renovated turf hosted the final leg of Nigeria vs Ghana World Cup play-off but the Ghanaians snatched the ticket from their host in a dramatic fashion through away goal rule.
Angry Nigerian fans invaded the pitch after a 1:1 draw against Ghana forcing players and officials to run for their life into the changing room.
FIFA medical officer, Dr. Joseph Kabungo, who had cardiac arrest on his way to the dressing room was rushed to hospital but he passed on.
Joseph suffered a cardiac arrest during the commotion and was pronounced dead soon after.
Dr. Joseph Kabungo is CAF medical committee member, who was also recently appointed to the FIFA medical committee.
He served as the Zambian team doctor from 2003 to 2016.
It is not clear what other sanctions FIFA and the regional body CAF could mete out to the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, for failing to provide adequate security for the game but the two bodies frown at fans’ encroachment into the field of play.
Our Correspondent recalls that that the Confederation of African Football (CAF) disciplinary committee in May 2006, sanctioned Nigeria with a $5,000 for poor crowd control at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna, where the Super Eagles hosted Egypt in a Gabon 2017 African Nations Cup qualifier in March.
The organisers of the match allowed a crowd of over 40,000 inside the stadium designed to hold 25,000 spectators.
The Super Eagles and the Pharaohs drew 1-1 in that encounter, with the Egyptians subsequently defeating Nigeria 1-0 in the return fixture to stop the Eagles from qualifying for the competition.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
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