According to the management of Bauchi’s Wikki Tourists Football Club, an investigation into players who have reportedly been implicated in a match-fixing and betting scandal has started.
The club’s chairman, Balarabe Douglas, told reporters on Thursday in Bauchi that some players had been charged with “match-fixing and betting for selfish reasons.”
He claimed that this situation irritated the club’s leadership, the team’s fans, and natives of Bauchi.
“We commenced investigation into allegations of manipulating the outcome of matches for betting purposes by some of our players in breach of the Wikki Tourists’ conduct and regulations,” stated the club’s chairman.
He added, “The management can confirm that the wide investigation is now at an advanced stage, and it is anticipated it will be completed shortly, at which point any potential charges will be considered.”
The club’s chair added, “The players involved have really frustrated the efforts of the team and the management in all the matches of the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League.”
“The management firmly opposes game manipulation, gambling and other acts that violate sports integrity and ethics and will hand out punishments based on the final investigation,” he says.
He thanked the NPFL Interim Management Committee (IMC) for giving the club back the three points and three goals that had been docked.
The deduction served as retribution for allegedly disruptive fans.
