Two Gor Mahia fans and one club steward are in critical condition after a brutal clash ensued at the gates of Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani where the record Kenyan champions played host to Vihiga Bullets on Sunday afternoon.According to information gathered by Mozzart Sport, one fan had jumped over the gates without paying the requisite entry charge of 200 shillings. The fan was met by a harsh wooden object which inflicted deep cuts to the face.Enraged fans then joined the fracas and attacked the responsible steward, Lawrence Odhiambo, commonly known as Lawi, who is the head of security.Gor Mahia- Vihiga Bullets league match at Kasarani stadium called off due to insecurity following chaos that erupted at half break.Gor Mahia 1 – 0 Vihiga Bullets pic.twitter.com/hMQm6Bzpgm— Tony Anelka (@tonyanelka) February 13, 2022 The melee spilled onto the pitch as the game just got into the half time break where George ‘Blackberry’ Odhiambo had just given his side the lead with a header in the half’s last piece of action.”Lawi is in critical condition and will need further head scans due to the type of critical cuts he sustained to the head. The two fans have serious cuts to the face and to the hand. Both have been rushed to Neema hospital but Lawi will need to be transferred to another facility for the CT scan,” a paredlmedic at Urban Safety who had been contracted for the medical services in the game said.In the second half, Vihiga Bullets failed to turn up for the game citing their safety as the course forcing the fourth official to call off the game.”We are now calling off the game because of what happened. Bullets have refused to come back out leaving us with no option,” the game’s fourth official said.Gor Mahia fans have left a mark at Kasarani.#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/2vEfY5uIUc— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) February 13, 2022 Bullets head coach Abdalla Juma disclosed the reason for their failure to show up for the match as he stated it is Gor who needed to take all the blame for their reserved action.”We started the game even without security but Gor Mahia promised that would be sorted which proved to be a lie. We could not make that mistake again especially after what happened. Even if we were ahead, we would have done the same thing,” the coach said.After the decision to call off the game, Vihiga Bullets had to be escorted out of the game by four police vehicles as the K’Ogalo fans bayed to poounce on them.
