Ahead of the Nigeria Premier Football League 25, NPFL Status Committee have decided that, Abia Warriors, Enyimba, Katsina United, others to pay players, coaches millions of naira for various offences including unlawful termination of contract and owed salaries/wages.
The decisions of the committee are as follows:
•Abia Warriors shall pay Ikedinachi Nwakanma & Julius Obinna N4m & N3m respectively for wrongfully terminating their contracts.
•Imoh Azubuike is entitled to get overdue payables to the tune of N3.15m from Abia Warriors.
•Abia Warriors shall pay Victor Alegbe N5m for wrongfully terminating his contract & overdue payables.
•Enyimba shall pay Stephen Chukwude N5m for wrongfully terminating his contract.
•Jonah James, Jonas Emmanuel, H. Shamsudeen, Kanti & Abiodun Adebayo are all entitled to overdue payables from Katsina Utd. Payments to be made by instalments between June & September 2024.
•Katsina Utd shall pay Coach Usman Shariff Abd’Allah N7.7m for overdue payables.
•Katsina Utd shall pay Coach Nasir Salisu N1.25m for overdue payables.
•Katsina Utd shall pay Coach Tony Bolus N8m for overdue payables.
•Enyimba shall pay Chijioke Akuneto N1.2m for overdue payables.
•Lobi Stars shall pay Christian Nwokedi N1.5m for overdue payables.
•El-Kanemi Warriors shall pay Bala Yusuf, Emmanuel Adoyi & Suleiman Sodiq N750,000, N1.65m & N1m respectively for overdue payables.
•Kwara Utd shall pay John Obuh N10.45m for overdue payables.
•Akwa Utd shall pay Osahon Uhunmwangbon & others N47m for overdue payables in revalidation of earlier decision from 2015
