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Assurances from the State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, was conveyed to the LMC through the State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Hon. Charles Ndukwe, who disclosed that the Governor described the hosting of the tournament as an honour to the state and an indication that Enugu is a frontline football state

It will be recalled that following crowd incident during the Match Day 30 fixture against Shooting Stars at the Onikan Stadium, Ikorodu United was found not to have ensured adequate security and were ordered to play three home games at Abeokuta with two suspended on condition of good behaviour by the fans

Giwa, who were expelled from the league after they failed to honour a total of three matches, have been restored to the league and their players could no longer feature for the clubs they were sent out to on loan after their expulsion

Shuaibu died in the early hours of Saturday in Benin, Edo State and the League Management Company directed all Match Commissioners and Club Officials to ensure that players paid their last respect to the one time Coach of BCC Lions and El-Kanemi Warriors before the matches kicked off

Mallam Shehu Dikko, the Chairman of the LMC, disclosed this and other initiatives of the league body when he appeared as guest on Africa Independent Television morning show, Kaakaki, and explained that the LMC would love to see government involved in the area of infrastructure upgrade, while gradually divesting from club funding