Mart City Banned For 2 Years …Fined N6 Million Naira

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MART CITY BANNED FOR 2 YEARS..fined N6 Million Naira

The Chairman,Smart City Football Club, Lagos

Dear Sir,

SUMMARY JURISDICTION ON THE 2024/2025 PRESIDENT FEDERATION CUP (LAGOS FA CUP) MATCH BETWEEN SMART CITY FC, LAGOS VS INTER LAGOS, LAGOS PLAYED AT LEGACY PITCH, NATIONAL STADIUM, SURULERE, KICK-OFF 3PM ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2025.

We extend the warmest greetings of our Chairman, Board and Management of the Lagos State Football Association to the Chairman and entire Smart City Football Club, Lagos family.

Sequel to the review of the match report from the Centre Referee and Match Commissioner. It was established that the following incidents occurred at the end of the match that hugely broughtthe beautiful game of football to disrepute:

1. INCIDENTS

1.1. The player of Smart City Football Club, Lagos in Jersey number 4 named Bankole Afeez ran to the Centre Referee harassing and abusing him with unprintable words and blocked him from leaving the field thereby creating an unenabling environment for their fans to catch up with the Centre Referee.

One of the well-known fans of Smart City Football Club, Lagos catches up with the Centre Referee and punched him on the right eye resulting into bloodily cut that impaired his vision.

1.3. The Centre Referee was rushed to the General Hospital, Randle Avenue, Surulere, Lagos for treatment.

1.4. The fans of Smart City Football Club, Lagos attempted to attack the Vice Chairman, Lagos State Football Association and the General Secretary, Lagos State Referees Council and threatened the lives and property of members of the Lagos State

Football Association and Lagos State Referees Council.

2. DECISIONS:

Smart City Football Club, Lagos is

:2.1. Directed to produce the fan that punched the Centre Referee for assault charges for prosecution. Directed to produce the enabler, Mr. Bankole Afeez for the Centre Referee to be attacked for interface with the Disciplinary Committee.

Fined N1,000,000.00 (One million Naira only) for the treatment of the Centre Referee payable within seven (7) days from the date of the summary jurisdiction.

Fined N5,000,000.00 (Five million Naira only) for their fallure to control the behaviors of their fans, encroachment of their fans on the field of play to cause mayhem, and threat to the lives of the members of the Lagos State Football Association and Lagos State Referees Council, thereby bringing the beautiful game of football to disrepute payable within seven (7) days from the date of the summary jurisdiction.

Banned from participating in Lagos State Football Assoclation sanctioned football activitles in the next two (2) years.

The Lagos State Football Association and Lagos State Referees Council are to immediately report the threats to lives and property to the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State.

3. APPEAL

3.1. The above decisions are without prejudice to the right of appeal to the Disciplinary Committee.

Thank you.

Yours Faithfully,

For: Lagos State Football Association

LAGOS

CIATI

•Adedotun Coker

Vice Charman