The Proprietor of A&A Kiviasennus Palvelut FC, Chief Jude Atuegwu, has decided to disband the club in the aftermath of the match-fixing allegation involving the side and Campos FC at the Awka Center of the NLO playoffs, Completesports.com reports.
The last may not have been heard in the controversies that trailed the Nationwide League One playoffs concluded across the country last month after A&A Kiviasennus Palvelut FC were decimated 15-2 in a matchday-five game, raising suspicion by the NLO Secretariat for a possible match compromise.
The NLO Disciplinary Committee allegedly found both clubs culpable and handed severe sanctions to the team’s and their officials.
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The two teams have continued to claim innocence of the allegation with Campos already forwarded a strong worded appeal to the Appeals Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF.
Jude Atuegwu, President and sole financier of A&A Kiviasennus Palvelut FC of Lagos – named after his Finland-based inter-locking lompany – has allegedly expressed fury over his club’s implication in football fraud.
Atuegwu is said to have decided to hands off the running of the club, claiming that the match-fixing allegation has brought a stain to his business and corporate reputation in Finland.
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“He’s very angry about the whole thing. He’s worried that the incident has dented his business and corporate name out there in Finland and has consequently decided to let the team go,” a key official of the club informed Completesports.com.
“He said he put up the club to help the young and talented players as a platform to make career in the game. But with what has happened and its consequences, he feels the best option for him was to let the team go,” the official, a former player said.
By Sab Osuji
