NIGERIA Premier League champion, Dolphin will appeal sanctions against coach Stanley Eguma and the club in respect of a match-fixing scandal from last season.

Eguma has been banned for five years and Dolphin fined 10 million Naira for attempted match fixing.

Spokesperson of the club, China Acheru, told a live sports show ‘Sportsmax’ on 96.9 Coolfm Abuja yesterday, picked holes in the recommendations of the disciplinary committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) headed by Leye Adepoju.

Acheru, who said the decision of the committee came as a shock to Dolphin, questioned why the committee did not follow article 4.5(i)(iv) of the NPL status to the later.

"The status is very clear on the punishment of match fixing. If the committee concluded that there was match fixing or attempt of match fixing, why were Sunshine Stars not relegated? Why should Dolphin be slammed a 10 million naira fine instead of the 20 million naira as stated by the rules," he queried.

He went further, "The article Leye (Adepoju) read and took its decision from is not ambigious, the rule states that if teams are found guilty of match fixing, they would be deducted of points, they would be fined and they would proceed on automatic relegation. But that was not the decision of Leye's committee.

"I want his committee to answer these questions - why was the Sunshine Stars driver slammed for carrying the referees? What happened to the person who sent him? Why are Dolphin and Sunshine Stars not relegated? And why did Leye's committee bend the rules?”

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