Osbc Sports condemns robbery attack on Osun United.....
By Tajudeen Ahmad
The entire sports crew of Osun State Broadcasting Corporation has condemned the robbery attack on players and officials of Osun United which occurred along Ore-Ondo yesterday when the team was returning from Calabar, Cross River State where they played a rescheduled NNL game against Unicem Rovers.
It was gathered that players and officials of the team were butchered by the men of the underworld who also dispossessed them of their phones and money.
A statement by the team's spokesperson Tunde Shamsudeen said the team driver was mostly brutalized in the incidence as he is at the emergency unit of the General Hospital in Ondo-town.
Most of the players are nursing varying degree of injuries among who are goalkeeper Ayo Ojo, Olabisi Olagunju, including officIals like Mr Awopetu, Coach Tunji Baruwa among others who sustained varying degrees of injuries after being matcheted by the robbers
We gathered that the team bus developed clutch problem on their way having left Calabar early.
Coach Udi, while confirming the incident, said the unknown gunmen attacked the team bus with three (3) kilometres to Ondo-town and all their money and phones were carted away.
A release by Tajudeen Ahmad on behalf of the crew prays God to protect all members of the team, their supporters all Osun indigenes and residents and heal those who sustained injuries in the unfortunate incident.
The release also calls on the government to provide adequate security and regular survelaince on our roads to forestall this dastardly act.
It would be recalled that players and officials of Kano Pillars were attacked by robbers on the road last year when they were travelling to Owerri to play NPFL game against heartland.
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