Nigerian soccer fans’ rage could have financial consequences
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An angry crowd invaded the pitch and vandalized facilities inside the Moshood Abiola national stadium in Abuja on Tuesday (Mar. 29), after Nigeria failed to beat Ghana in a qualifying game for the soccer World Cup in Qatar later this year, and won’t be competing in the tournament.
The Abuja stadium was packed to the roof with 60,000 spectators, the overwhelming majority being Nigerians confident of victory in the match dubbed the “Jollof Derby” for the soft west African rivalry over whose jollof rice is best.
But it became heated and spicy in unsavory ways after 90 minutes.
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