Players and supporters of the Ishielu Local Government Area team swooped on the referee, Sebastian Onwe, at the end of the Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru's cup final match on Sunday evening.
He announced the floating of a football outfit for the state but remarked that membership would be sourced from the three senatorial districts of the state.
“The commissioner told me that the winners would receive N1 million but the government will add N2 million to make it a total of N3 million. “The third-placed team was to receive N500,000 but we would add N1 million to make it N1.5 million,” he said.
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