Security men became ticket sellers when the Eagles returned to Lagos State to play the Lone Stars of Liberia in a 2022 World Cup qualifier at the Teslim Balogun Stadium.
The return of the Super Eagles to Lagos State to play the Lone Stars led to an ugly scenario that many may have missed.
It was a shameful sight when security officers attached to the Lagos State Sports Commission (LSC) turned themselves to match ticket sellers, making brisk business off soccer lovers.
The Lagos State Council (LSC) had earlier announced that the match tickets would not be sold as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) had given approval for only 5,000 fans to have access to the stadium.
But the security agents attached to the stadium to provide protection for the fans and the Eagles turned themselves to ticket racketeers and threw caution to the winds by selling tickets to eager fans who were willing to pay anything to get into the stadium.
The enforcement officers who were supposed to discourage the act were seen having a field day openly over it without any iota of shame.
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It was so glaring that a top journalist, Ebhodaghe Ighodalo Muyi of Silvervird got so irritated and had to call them to order without any luck.
Muyi had to take to his social media page to pour out his anger:
“₦500 tickets were being sold for ₦1500, by the security men attached to Lagos State sports commission. They even had their uniforms on. Without shame or fear”.
Muyi wrote.
Since there was nobody to checkmate these officers. They made thrice the amount that would have been made by ticket sellers, if the tickets were to be sold for the Super Eagles game.
Who is to be blamed?
Now, this act begs the questions. Where did they get tickets for the game from? How did they manage to sell them despite the LSC saying there would be no ticket available for the general public? How many people eventually watched the game from the stands?
There are other pertinent questions that should be asked by CAF, and the Nigeria Football Federation. It won’t be a surprise if the Nigeria Police Force deny this because there was no visual evidence to back up the claim of the broadcasters.
To avoid any form of sanctions. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) must act fast. The football body must partner with the police. In this way, they will be able to fish out the officers involved.
Doing this means it would serve as a deterrent to others planning such.
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