Monrovia
Violence Affects National League
Rioters patrol
Benson street in Central Monrovia
By Julu M. Johnson, Jr.
The recent violence that engulfed Monrovia has led to
the halt of soccer activities especially the 2004 National Football
League.
The Liberia Football Association (LFA), henceforth, suspended the
ongoing National League until situation improves.
The league was at its concluding stage when trouble broke
up again in Monrovia and surrounding areas including Kakata and
Harbel, both located in Margibi County.
Already the premier, first and female second division
league have ended, but the race was still on in the male second
division league when chaos hit the capital.
Mighty Blue Angels, Karn United and Juventus Olympic were
the three clubs battling to grab two places at stake for promotion
to the male first division.
Mighty Barrolle clinched the premier league title, NPA
Anchors won the first division while Earth Angels triumphed in the
female second division.
The violence, which began on Thursday, has claimed the lives of
several persons and led to the destruction of properties as well as
homes and worship centers such as mosques and churches. More than
three hundred persons have been arrested in connection with the
chaos.
The decision by the LFA to halt the league is arguably a
result of the curfew that has been imposed in the city the National
Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) Chairman Charles Gyude
Bryant.
The curfew had been running from 4:PM to
7:AM, but Chairman Bryant has put the new schedule at 6:PM to
7:AM. |
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