Rivers United Football Club says it has reported Jigawa Golden Stars to the League Management Company (LMC), for fielding an ineligible player in the club’s matchday 34 encounter.
The State Commissioner for Sports, Boma Iyaye disclosed this in a statement few days ago.
He said a player identified as Richard Christopher who was not eligible to play for the club after he had received five yellow cards was featured by Jigawa Golden Stars.
Iyaye noted that the LMC had informed the club that the player was not eligible to play but they ignored the warning.
“We do not want to believe that the LMC will allow its image to be rubbished over a matter that is so easy to judge and sanction. As a club, Rivers United has played by the rule book and we expect same to apply in this case,” he said.
“This is a straight forward issue that requires no long stories. The LMC is well aware of the case in question and even wrote the club, informing them of the player’s ineligibility, but Jigawa still went ahead and used him,” Iyaye added.
