Enyimba trio of Ikechukwu Ibenegbu, Abu Azeez and Joseph Osadiaye attacked Warri Wolves general manager, Moses Etu on Sunday evening in Umuahia shortly after their 2-1 home win in a rescheduled NPFL tie.
The People’s Elephant defeated the Seasiders 2-1 and even though the game was tough,there was no premonition that a brawl of such magnitude was in the offing at the end.
Shortly after the match, the three former Wolves players - Ibenegbu, Azeez and Osadiaye - were seen having a heated exchange with the General Manager Etu and this led to a brawl with the trio beating up the former journalist before he was rescued by the security.
It degenerated into a massive mayhem at the Umuahia Township Stadium with players of both teams trying to separate the two warring parties and this also led to hot exchange of words too and little tango here and there.
Goal learnt that the bone of contention was the outstanding debt owed the players by Warri Wolves. The trio was miffed at the decision of the Seasiders’ management not to pay them match bonuses from last season’s campaign as due, allowances that had been paid to their ex-team mates.
Goal also got from one of the players that they called Etu to ask for their money but were shocked when they were told they won’t be paid because they had left the team despite being owed them backlogs of unpaid signing-on fees.
However, the Enyimba management has wielded the big stick by fining the trio 300,000 Naira each.
The People’s Elephant defeated the Seasiders 2-1 and even though the game was tough,there was no premonition that a brawl of such magnitude was in the offing at the end.
Shortly after the match, the three former Wolves players - Ibenegbu, Azeez and Osadiaye - were seen having a heated exchange with the General Manager Etu and this led to a brawl with the trio beating up the former journalist before he was rescued by the security.
It degenerated into a massive mayhem at the Umuahia Township Stadium with players of both teams trying to separate the two warring parties and this also led to hot exchange of words too and little tango here and there.
Goal learnt that the bone of contention was the outstanding debt owed the players by Warri Wolves. The trio was miffed at the decision of the Seasiders’ management not to pay them match bonuses from last season’s campaign as due, allowances that had been paid to their ex-team mates.
Goal also got from one of the players that they called Etu to ask for their money but were shocked when they were told they won’t be paid because they had left the team despite being owed them backlogs of unpaid signing-on fees.
However, the Enyimba management has wielded the big stick by fining the trio 300,000 Naira each.