Nigerian referee beaten mercilessly after match (photos)

A Nigerian ref who directed the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) coordinate day three experience on Sunday, January 20 between Remo Stars and Bendel Insurance, was beaten pitilessly by supporters who assaulted him not long after the match.

The Nigerian ref was beaten by fanatics of the Sagamu based football club, who were not inspired with the manner in which he directed the match. It was accumulated that Remo Stars were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Bendel Insurance.

Charles Omokaro had put the guests ahead, before Skipper Victor Mbaoma adjusted for the Kennedy Boboye's side. Anyway with two minutes left on the clock, Remo thought they had anchored the three points after Victor Mbaoma scored from short proximity from an all around worked freekick just for the refs to precluded the exertion for offside.

Remo Stars the executives who discharged an announcement over the ambush episode, pledged to capture the culprits. The announcement peruses;

"A manhunt has begun promptly as the administration of the club and the Nigeria Police Force Sagamu division are working intently to guarantee that the interloper is conveyed to book to confront the outcomes of his activities."

"We thoroughly lament and denounce this go about as we don't empower viciousness in football.

"In a similar vein of condeming this demonstration we might likewise want to show that the middle ref Bethel Nwanesi calls all through the amusement were flawed and in the 88th moment a decent objective was scored, which would have been the triumphant objective, was led offside and denied by the ref which caused a turmoil among the fans.

"This obviously is no motivation behind why anybody ought to get injured, we have lost diversions at home in the past against Plateau United, Enyimba FC, MFM FC, Rivers United without seeing such savagery.

We likewise need to make a staunch warming to supporters or people who accompany the goal of upsetting or causing viciousness in the arena as the club will extremely manage anybody discovered blameworthy of such conduct."