NFF Motivates Sunshine Stars, FC One Rocket After Recent Robbery Attack
The Nigeria Football Federation has encouraged the players and officials of Nigeria National League club, FC One Rocket, and NPFL side Sunshine Stars not to allow the unfortunate robbery incident to dampen their morale or negatively affect their challenge for titles in the ongoing season.
This was revealed in a statement where the NFF decried the attacks, noting how some of the players and officials of football clubs travel by road in the country to honour matches in the domestic Leagues only to get injured and also lose their valuables.
While empathising with the players, coaches, and Management of the two Clubs over the disturbing incident, the NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi appealed to security agents to devise further means of protecting road users in the land.
Sanusi said, “The NFF is seriously disturbed and disillusioned by this unwarranted trend. First, it was FC One Rocket of Abat, Akwa Ibom State that was attacked. Their players and officials lost a variety of valuables in the attack in Ihiala, Anambra State while on their way from an NNL match against Ikorodu City in Lagos.
“Only on Thursday, 7th December 2023, players and officials of Sunshine Stars of Akure were attacked on the Ore-Benin Road by armed robbers, with the ball boy shot.”
“This is worrisome and we are passionately appealing to security personnel to painstakingly work out new ways and methods of ensuring safety and security of lives and properties on our roads.
“On behalf of the Nigeria Football fraternity, we convey our sympathies to the two teams on the unfortunate attacks and trust that they will not be psychologically dampened in their quest for honours this football season.”
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