They had been in camp in Ijebu Ode as part of preparations for the Glo Premier League season
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Mike Idoko, the Executive Director, Ondo State Football Agency, made the disclosure on Thursday in Abuja in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
Also appointed alongside Ogbeide are coach Henry Abiodun as Head Coach, Julius Kayode, a former junior international, as Assistant Head Coach, Tokunbo Akinyelure as Assistant coach 2 while Busuyi Olu-Ibukun will serve as goalkeepers’ trainer
The statement reads: “It has come to our attention the satanic tales of the management of the Ondo State Football Agency (OSFA), where it was claimed that the Commissioner for Youth and Sports in Oyo State, Mr. Adedapo Lam-Adesina did not identify himself for them to have allowed him into the VIP stand at the Akure Stadium on Sunday
“From the moment we stepped on the stadium, Sunshine Stars’ fans displayed their aggressiveness to us
According to Johnson, if Adeshina had no ulterior motive, he would have announced his presence at the stadium so that he could be accorded a VIP status and made to seat with his colleagues at the VIP stand
Amoo, who was appointed few months ago as the club’s manager, was believed to have received several death threats to his life
In other venues, Dolphins will slug it out with El-Kanemi, Enyimba battle 3SC, Gombe United will entertain Lobi Stars while Heartland will lock horns with Sharks of Port Harcourt
Team Manager of Sunshine Stars, Gabriel Aborowa, who disclosed to journalists, said that the NPFL inspector, retired General Emmanuel Chukwudi Okaro, toured all the renovated facilities
The Media Officer of Warri Wolves, Moses Etu who disclosed this to journalist in Warri, said the team will use the two matches to seal their preparation before the league kicks off in the next one week, if the interim league management board lives up to its promise
This year’s winners will either be defending champions, Esperance of Tunisia, or Al Ahly from Egypt and they will receive a cash prize of $1,425,000, while the beaten finalist pockets $950,000
Speaking shortly before the team’s departure from the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, the Super Eagles defender urged Nigerians to have faith in the team