NWFL Condemns Police Attack on Taraba Queens

The Nigerian Women Football League (NWFL) has condemned the recent police attack on players of Taraba Queens at the Taraba State Government House allegedly on the orders of the government.

Players of FC Taraba and Taraba Queens were last Thursday assaulted by the Nigeria Police during a peaceful protest demanding their almost one and half year unpaid salaries in Jalingo, the state capital.

The football players had gathered at the State House to protest their unpaid salaries and in the process stopped visitors and staff from entering the premises.

The players accused the Taraba State government of deliberately refusing to pay their salaries and bonuses despite the recent bailout funds it received from the Federal Government.

Police personnel attached to the Taraba State Government House and other security officials swooped on the players armed with horsewhips, rifles and tear gas and in the process three players were injured while several others were detained.

Speaking on the development, NWFL Chairperson, Aisha Falode said, “we don’t want to believe that the government will direct the police to beat up footballers, who came to demand for their salaries and bonuses. “I want to appeal to Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku to look into this case and bring everybody involved in the ill-treatment of the players to book.”