Chairman of the East End Lions Football Club, Sanusie "Buski" Kargbo, has reacted furiously to what he referred to as "stupid and draconian" decision taken by the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) to ban his club from participating in all local and CAF competitions for three years. SLFA on Tuesday stunned football fans by confirming the ban in a press statement.
According to the press statement, the 2014 Premier League champions failed to participate in this year's CAF Champions League competition.
The Lions' Chief said the action is fake, baseless and totally not in tune with the spirit of the game, adding that it is deliberate action and real witch-hunt by the FA President, Madam Isha Johansen, who, he said, has continued to create bad blood and division among football stakeholders.
Chairman Kargbo maintained that football brings peace, unity and development but stated emphatically stated the Madam Isha-led executive has only succeeded in bringing acrimony and disrepute into the game. His club, he added, is just a mere victim of circumstances and that the action of FA was out of hatred and malice.
Chairman Kargbo said this is the first time in the history of this country having such problems and challenges in football because, according to him, those at the helm of affairs are complete strangers learning on the job.
On their 'maladministration and wicked tendencies,' Chairman Buski noted that the FA never congratulated them or offered then a trophy or medals as Premier League champions.
Meanwhile, Chairman Kargbo has called on the club supporters to exercise patience as they pursue the matter as speedily as possible.