Mikel Obi Delete Twitter Account Over Racist Abuse
Super eagles and Chelsea midfielder john Mikel obi as being latest
black sports man that are label with racist abuse in football.Mikel obi
deleted his twitter account today after he was racially abused over
the mistakes he did that cost the London side victory on Wednesday uefa
champions league game against the Italian champions Juventus on Wednesday
Sept. 19th.
The game came to and end of 2-2 why Chelsea fans blamed Mikel obi for not preventing the equalizing goal before ten minutes to the end of the game.Chelsea fans racially abused Mikel on his Twitter account @Mikel12Official, prompting the Super Eagles midfielder to delete the account which he set up just a few months back.
Chelsea said they have informed the police after being made aware of
the racist Tweets. A statement read:
The game came to and end of 2-2 why Chelsea fans blamed Mikel obi for not preventing the equalizing goal before ten minutes to the end of the game.Chelsea fans racially abused Mikel on his Twitter account @Mikel12Official, prompting the Super Eagles midfielder to delete the account which he set up just a few months back.
We've been made aware of racist tweets targeted at Mikel which are totally unacceptable, disgusting and abhorrent. We've informed the police and support taking the strongest possible action."
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