Orhuwhorun High School, Orhuwhorun, Udu L.G.A have been suspended for a season for fielding ineligible players in the 2019/2020 Zenith Bank /Delta Principals’ Cup Football Competition.
Basic and Secondary Education Commissioner, Patrick Ukah, approved the ban said the sanction is to act as a deterrent to any school that may want to perpetuate illegality during the competition.
Ukah disclosed that the ministry has zero-tolerance for cheating among pupils and students and assured that the screening of players will continue until the end of the competition.
He also directed that the principal of the school be given a query to explain what led to the development.
The incident occurred after a Zone D preliminary match played between the two schools at Irri Grammar School, Irri, Isoko South L.G.A.
Destiny Secondary School, who lost the encounter, 4-5 on penalties, after a 1-1 draw at the end of regulation time, accused the winners of featuring ineligible players.
During the exercise, it was revealed that the winners fielded two players namely Omoteregha Meru and Jemuo Samuel, who were not verified and whose names were not in the school registration form as verified and certified by the Technical and Venue Committee of the championship thereby contravening sections of the rules
and regulations of the competition.
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The committee noted that the action of Orhuwhorun High School amounted to the use of mercenaries during the match, nullifying the result of the match.