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Heartland FC, Owerri, already embroiled in a relegation battle and internal strife, faces yet another setback as the junior team, Heartland Comets FC, grapples with the threat of eviction from their camp due to unpaid rents.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n The dire situation was brought to light by the camp owner, Mr. Sunny Opara-Ekeocha, who voiced his concerns to sports writers in Owerri, regarding the prolonged delay in rent payments accumulated by Heartland FC players.<\/p>\n According to him, despite utilizing the accommodation for over six months, the team has failed to fulfill their financial obligation.<\/p>\n Opara-Ekeocha highlighted the financial strain caused by the non-payment of rents, especially considering his efforts to ensure the camp\u2019s comfort for the players.<\/p>\n \u201cIt has been a disturbing situation because they have continuously failed to keep to the agreement between me and them, even when I have put in a lot of money to get the camp comfortable for the players,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n With no resolution in sight and a lack of clarity on how the outstanding bills will be settled, Mr. Opara-Ekeocha says he is compelled to take drastic action by initiating the eviction process.<\/p>\n The timing of the eviction couldn\u2019t be worse for Heartland FC, as the junior team gears up to kick off their season in the 2024 Imo State Federation Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Heartland FC, Owerri, already embroiled in a relegation battle and internal strife, faces yet another<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/heartland-fc.jpg",805,781,false],"thumbnail":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/heartland-fc-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/heartland-fc-300x291.jpg",300,291,true],"medium_large":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/heartland-fc-768x745.jpg",640,621,true],"large":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/heartland-fc.jpg",640,621,false],"1536x1536":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/heartland-fc.jpg",805,781,false],"2048x2048":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/heartland-fc.jpg",805,781,false],"elegant-magazine-featured":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/heartland-fc.jpg",805,781,false],"elegant-magazine-medium":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/heartland-fc.jpg",392,380,false],"elegant-magazine-medium-small":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/heartland-fc.jpg",206,200,false],"elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":["http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/heartland-fc.jpg",50,50,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Imo Trumpeta"]},"category_info":"Sports<\/a>","tag_info":"Sports","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42781,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42780\/revisions\/42781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}