Kano Pillars Fans Attack 3SC Players, Officials After 1-1 Draw

The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) lucifer betwixt Kano Pillars FC and Shooting Stars (3SC) of Ibadan turned convulsive aft the visiting broadside scored a melodramatic precocious equalizer.

The match, played connected Sunday, October 12, 2025, astatine the Sani Abacha Stadium successful Kano, ended successful chaos erstwhile Shooting Stars netted a 94th-minute extremity to level the people astatine 1–1.

Viral videos circulating online amusement enraged Kano Pillars fans pursuing Shooting Stars players and lucifer officials crossed the transportation arsenic they scrambled for safety. The convulsive scenes person since sparked outrage among shot lovers and netizens.

Responding to the incident, Kano Pillars Football Club issued a connection condemning the unruly behaviour of immoderate individuals and commending information operatives for their swift intervention.

According to the connection signed by the club’s Media officer, Abubakar Isa Dandago, the upset was caused by a fewer “misguided persons” instantly aft the match, but information agents and stadium stewards rapidly restored order.

“We are pleased to corroborate that players of some teams and lucifer officials each near the stadium and its vicinity unhurt and safely escorted by the information operatives,” the connection read.

The nine added that respective suspects progressive successful the convulsive enactment had been arrested and handed implicit to information authorities for probe and imaginable prosecution.

“Kano Pillars FC volition afloat cooperate with the authorities to guarantee that immoderate idiosyncratic recovered culpable faces the afloat wrath of the law,” the nine said.

In a determination to deter aboriginal violence, the absorption announced that each identified troublemakers would beryllium banned from accessing the Sani Abacha Stadium for the adjacent 10 seasons.

Reaffirming its committedness to bid and discipline, the nine stressed that it would proceed to uphold the integrity of the crippled successful enactment with NPFL and Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) regulations.

Kano Pillars besides appealed to its supporters to behaviour themselves peacefully and proceed supporting the squad “as existent ambassadors of the large Kano Pillars FC.”

However, different viral video connected societal media amusement wounded 3SC players and officials being attended to.