FC TARABA AND TARABA QUEENS ASSAULTED BY POLICE FOR DEMANDING THEIR DUE FROM STATE GOVERNMENT




Players of Taraba Football Club and Taraba Queens were assaulted by the Nigerian police force for  peaceful protesting against their almost a year and half unpaid salary in Jalingo.



On Thursday morning, the football players gathered before the Taraba State Government House and prevented anyone from entering their offices or getting inside the premises.

A player from Taraba Queens name withheld, said the state government deliberately withhold the salaries and bonuses, despite the bailout funds given to them by the federal government for past months.

The players were resolved to stay at the premises of the government house until the issue was resolved, and efforts of the many government officials who tried persuading them to leave failed.

The Nigerian police attached to the Taraba State Government House and some force command assaulted the players. The police were armed with horsewhips and rifles, tear gas that make 3 players (Male and Female)  injured and taken to custody.


The Association of Professional Footballers of Nigeria (APFON) has issued a statement, appealing to the Nigeria Football Federation and the League Management Company and Women football league body to react to the "inhuman and barbaric assault on the players for demanding for what they have laboured for over eighteen  months".

FC Taraba is a Nigerian football club based in Jalingo, Taraba. They are playing in the 2nd-tier division in the Nigeria National league, while the female state team Taraba Queens got promoted back to the premier league for the amateur league this season.

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