from michezoafrika.com<\/p>\n
The AFC Leopards Executive council has on behalf of the entire AFC Leopards family launched an official appeal to KPL demanding to be awarded maximum points from Sunday\u2019s match against Gor Mahia.This was announced by the AFC Leopards\u2019 chairman Alex Ole Magelo flanked by his entire executive committee.<\/p>\n
In a press statement, Magelo said the match officials failed to take control of the match after it had been stopped for over 25 minutes as a result of crowd trouble by unruly Gor Mahia fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cVarious other competitive matches have been called off after the proverbial 15 minutes of Stoppage time as a result of crowd trouble with safety and security risks to all cited. As a
\nresult of the failure, we demand that AFC Leopards be awarded maximum points from the match.\u201d Said Magelo.<\/p>\n
The statement went ahead to say as quoted \u201cWe ground our case on the following facts:<\/p>\n
i)-As the home team, Gor Mahia miserably failed to provide enough security for the big match despite all signs showing a possibility of crowd trouble. The few police officers
\ndeployed were totally unable to take control of over 20,000 fans present during the\u00a0 match.<\/p>\n
ii)-That the security officers lacked strategy by tear gassing out of the stadium a section\u00a0 of Gor Mahia fans while leaving others to continue causing mayhem in the pitch.<\/p>\n
iii). That the security officers failed to follow up on the rowdy fans tear gassed out of the Stadium to clear them out of the stadium precincts. That failure enabled the unruly\u00a0 Gor Mahia fans outside the stadium to regroup and start throwing stones and other foreign\u00a0 objects into the stadium, thus injuries more that 10 of AFC Leopards supporters inside
\nstadium.<\/p>\n
iv)-That efforts by our Team Manager Bernard Onyango to prevail upon the match officials to call off the match for security reasons were thwarted by high handed GMT Otieno who intimidated the match officials into submission.<\/p>\n
iv)-That the ugly incidences disoriented the players wearing down their concentration in the match.<\/p>\n
v)-That the fact that the several foreign objects hurled into the playing ground by\u00a0 Gor Mahia fans were to be picked by players to necessitate the resumption of the match is
\na clear indication of lack of preparedness by both the home team and the stadia Management board.<\/p>\n
vi)-That even after the controversial resumption of the match after a 25 minute stoppage,\u00a0 the match officials did not consider any extra time choosing to end the match
\nprematurely.<\/p>\n
The statement further suggested a number of recommendations that include :
\n\u2022AFC Leopards being awarded maximum points,
\n\u2022Gor Mahia be heavily punished for failing to provide adequate security in such a\u00a0 high voltage match and for failing to reign in on its unruly supporters,
\n\u2022Match officials be punished for poor judgment in the match by failing to call it off\u00a0 after serious security risks occasioned by the riots,
\n\u2022GMT Otieno be punished by suspension or expulsion for his high handedness and threatening to bring the game of football into disrepute,
\n\u2022KPL and Sports Stadia Management Board undertake to change the approach of\u00a0 securing fixtures between AFC and
\n\u2022Gor to avert more chaotic scenes and lastly that All AFC fans injured by the riots be paid for medical expenses and compensated for\u00a0 the same.<\/p>\n