Dolphins rubbish Rangers’ claims
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Dolphins
Football Club have come out to rubbish spurious claims by officials of Rangers
International that they were attacked by hoodlums after their 2-0 loss in Port
Harcourt on Sunday.
Media
officer of the club, China Acheru didn’t just describe the claims as laughable,
he said it may have been well thought of in the aftermath of their 2-0 drubbing
in Port Harcourt.
“When
I heard that tale that officials of Rangers were beaten by hoodlums I couldn’t laugh
but get angry because it was just an attempt at bringing the game to disrepute
by disgruntled club officials who did their best in Port Harcourt to cause
trouble before the game,” Acheru said.
“At
the start of the game they, in their belief in fetish things parked their bus
about five hundred meters from the stadium and decided to have all their players
walk the distance in.
“Maybe
in Enugu, those fetish things have helped them win the league or maybe that is
what has stopped them from winning trophies in 29 years. After the players had walked
into the stadium, they then drove their bus in but we watched them and laughed
because only a side with low mentality will resort to doing things such as
that.
“After
the game, our player, Fred Okwara walked to the General Manager of the club, a
certain, Chibuzor and asked why he hasn’t been paid N4.5million owed him and
the Rivers State FA Secretary, Benjamin Akubo who overheard the discussion cautioned
Okwara that he stadium premises was not the best place to ask for money.
“Akubo
advised Okwara to visit him at the FA office for advise on how to write to the
League or the Federation to force Rangers to pay him. At this point, Okwara
left in the team bus as well as the rest of the people there.
“So
for Rangers to return to Enugu and say Fred led a group of thugs to attack them
must have only come from the figment of that same imagination that tells them
parking your bus on the street and trekking to the stadium can help them win
away from home.”
China
Acheru continued that Rangers beat Dolphins 3-0 in Enugu and no claims were
made.
He
also added that this game had the presence of fifty police men and twenty
soldiers as well as officials of Harp who activated their sponsorship agreement
with Dolphins.
“Rangers
picked the wrong match to lie. I wonder how this lie will help them. It was a
peaceful game that did not just end on the pitch but on the other side of the
stadium were people drank the product of our sponsors and won gifts like
generators, Television sets and bags of rice.
“We
wish Rangers the best and hope that they win a trophy before the 30 year mark
so frustrations won’t cause them to make their players walk from Enugu to Port
Harcourt for a league match next season,” Acheru said.
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