Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) joint leading scorer, Christian Osaguona, has charged the leadership of the League Management Company (LMC) to expedient actions to curb poor officiating in the ongoing season.
He also expressed disappointment at Enugu Rangers’ present position on the log, stating that the Flying Antelopes’ on-pitch performances do not deserve the low rating.
The forward complained that some bad officiating, especially the match officials’ handling of their Week 23 league tie against Kano Pillars which they lost 3-2, was one of the several cases of calls that have gone against his club in the current campaign.
He, however, charged the LMC to ensure that it keeps close tab on the remaining matches of the season and sanction erring match officials that are bent on dragging the image of the country in the mud due to poor handling of games.
He said: “I am disappointed with the rate of poor officiating in the league. We are not doing very well on the league table because of no fault of ours. The match officials have ruined some of our league outings and we have been helpless, judging by the level of bad officiating that marred our away fixtures especially.
“We didn’t deserve to lose against Kano Pillars and in some key away fixtures where results have gone against us.
“We deserve something better and I am appealing to the LMC and others that are concerned to ensure that we get a good league that will attract good investors.”
Osaguona’s 13 goals have all come from open play so far. His impressive form has earned him call-up to the Super Eagles, as the team prepares to face the Red Devils of Congo on September 6 and Bafana Bafana of South Africa on September 10 as part of qualification for Morocco 2015 Nations Cup.
