Peter Dada, Akure
Sunshine Stars on Monday explained many reporters were barred from covering their Premier League match against Enyimba of at the Akure Stadium on Sunday because the visiting team and the commissioner wanted it that way.
The match, which was played behind closed doors following the sanction imposed on Sunshine by the League Management Company due to the unruly behaviour of their fans in their game against Lobi Stars, ended 1-0 in favour of Enyimba. Only three reporters were accredited to cover the match.
Sunshine, in a statement by their spokesman Chris Okunuwa, said the match commissioner and Enyimba agreed to have a select journalists for the coverage of the match.
The statement read, “Though the match was to be played behind closed doors as directed by the LMC, provision was made for accredited journalists to cover the game but the Match Commissioner M. Omuamuanor in agreement with other officials and Enyimba’s representatives at the pre-match conference insisted that only three journalists should be allowed in.”
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