Players to boycott league game over unpaid salaries

Warri Wolves' Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clash against Sunshine Stars on Saturday, October 3 as players of the Delta State side threaten boycott.

Warri Wolves players are planning to boycott the game in protest of seven months unpaid salaries.

The players who refused to train Wednesday morning despite pleas from officials of the club are planning to boycott the game unless their salaries are paid before then.

"They (the management) of the club have not paid us our salaries for the past seven months," an anonymous player told .

"As I'm talking to you now, we are on our way to the government house in Asaba where we hope to meet the Delta State governor.

"We did not train on Wednesday and  we have made it known to the management of the club that we will not  honour the game against Sunshine Stars if our demands are not met."

The club is also facing a ban from the League Management Company (LMC) over their inability to pay the salaries of players and officials of the club.

The organisers of the NPFL issued a notice of summary jurisdiction to the Warri based club after conducting its investigations some weeks ago.

The investigations were prompted from the reports that players of the club had gone on strike to protest the none payment of their salaries.

A summary jurisdiction notice has been served to the club for failure to pay financial entitlement to the players for a period exceeding 60 days and cited this as a breach of Article B9.45 of the 2014/15 NPFL Framework and Rules.