Over 20 persons allegedly sustained serious injuries while over 10 vehicles were destroyed as both sets of fans clashed following a free-for-all after the referee sounded the final whistle.
Punch reports that match officials had to run for their lives at the end of the tie that saw Akure-based Sunshine win 3-1 to progress on a 3-2 aggregate score.
It was learnt that the fans’ wrath was incurred after a questionable call against Osogbo-based Osun United, who needed a second goal to advance, having won the first leg 1-0.
Eyewitnesses said suspected Sunshine fans then vandalised the vehicles which brought Osun United fans to the stadium during the pitch invasion, and destroyed some property at the stadium in the process.
But the Ondo State Commissioner for Youths and Sports Saka Yusuf-Ogunleye, blames Osun United for the mayhem that broke out.
“Some minutes before the end of the match, Osun United supporters invaded the field, beating and harassing both the match officials and players and it took the intervention of the security operatives at the stadium to save the situation,” he said.
“Most of the supporters, officials and fans were not so lucky as they were injured after being attacked with machetes by the supporters from Osun who seemed prepared for the onslaught.”
Meanwhile, Osun State Commissioner for Sports, Biyi Odunlade, blames Sunshine and Gateway FC supporters for the attack.
“They broke windscreens of five of our buses and we saw them do it but I pleaded with our people not to retaliate.
“We were more in number than them and it would have been brutal if our people had fought back. So, we didn’t attack them but they attacked us.”
The League Management Company, LMC, has yet to rule on the incident.
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