Izuchukwu Okosi
Angry fans of Katsina United on Sunday evening held Enugu Rangers team hostage after the Flying Antelopes defeated Katsina United 2-1 in their matchday 1 fixture of the Nigeria Professional Football League (Npfl).
Rangers defeated Katsina United 2-1 in their home ground, Muhammadu Dikko Stadium, Katsina city on Sunday to start their 2021-2022 league campaign on a promising note.
However, after the final whistle, the irate fans blocked the stadium gates and insisted that Rangers would not leave the stadium
The Flying Antelopes confirmed the situation on their official Facebook page.
“We are being held hostage here by irate fans after our win in Katsina,” Rangers said.
An inside source in Rangers who spoke to reporters from Katsina confimed that the club was “held hostage for over 20 minutes” after the match.
The source noted that the angry fans registered their anger over the defeat handed down to their team and threatened to attack the team.
The source who craved confidentiality said that immediately after the final whistle, Rangers players and management were asked by LMC official not to leave the dressing room.
However, when the club left the room after some minutes, some fans who refused to leave the stadium waiting for Rangers, overpowered the security at the gate and surrounded Rangers team bus.
The source added however that nobody was harmed or injured.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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