Nigeria National League Chairman, Chief Emeka Inyama, is facing a backlash from the media in his home state, Abia, after beating up a journalist, who wanted to interview him after Abia Warriors&rsquo; clash with Kwara United on Sunday.<br /><br />What started as a friendly chat between Inyama and Hyacinth Ezindu, who works for Broadcasting Corporation Of Abia State , turned violent after the NNL supremo discovered the journalist is from Ngwa, a locality in Abia State he hates with a passion.<br /><br />A top source who witnessed the incident at Hotel Ohama told <b>allnigeriasoccer.com</b> : &ldquo;After the game the journalist, Hyacinth, went to interview Inyama. When he got there, Emeka Inyama was telling him he likes his shoe.<br /><br />&ldquo;Hyacinth told him he bought the shoe from the little money he saved. Inyama told him he doesn&rsquo;t support Abia Warriors and there&rsquo;s no way he can give him money.<br /><br />&ldquo;He asked him what part of Abia he&rsquo;s from and the journalist told him Ngwa. His mood changed and he walked out the journalist from the interview session.<br /><br />&ldquo;Before he left he told Inyama not to cast aspersions on his people, then he (Inyama) became angry.<br /><br />&ldquo;Inyama stood up , pinned the journalist to the wall and started hitting his head on the wall.&rdquo;<br /><br />Chief Emeka Inyama could not be reached for his own side of the story as at the time of this report.<br /><br />Photo Credit : footballlive.ng<br />