Edo Dep Gov Pays Medical Bills Of Sunshine Stars Players & Officials

The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu has provided succour for the injured players of the Sunshine Stars FC.

The Akure, Ondo state-based football club suffered a tragic attack on Thursday, December 7, 2023.

The team was waylaid by yet-to-be-identified gunmen on the way to honor an engagement with the Bendle Insurance FC.

The ball boy was shot in the stomach and players and other team members sustained different degrees of injuries.

The Deputy Governor of Edo state on Sunday disclosed he has offset the medical bills of those concerned and “provided financial support to the traumatized players”.

Shaibu who disclosed he visited the the injured players and officials of Sunshine Stars FC over the weekend narrated

Over the weekend, I visited injured players and officials of Sunshine Stars FC who were attacked on Thursday, by unknown gunmen along the Lagos-Ore-Benin highway, on their way to Benin, to honour the Nigeria Premier Football League Match Day 13 against Bendel Insurance FC slated for Sunday.

During the visit to their camp, I expressed displeasure over the attack on the Football Club’s players and officials and shared a similar unfortunate experience that propelled the Edo State Government to reform the sports sector under my watch.

“When we had this similar experience that left many of our Bendel Insurance FC Official players with different degrees of injuries, we had no choice but to change and rebrand our Edo State Sports Commission

Players’ welfare and salaries were accorded top priority, including the team going by air to meet engagement anywhere that is more than four hours by road. This has helped to boost their morale.

Meanwhile, in addition to maintaining a regular check on the injured kits manager at the hospital, I have offset the medical bill and also gave financial support to the traumatized players, while admonishing them not to be deterred in their scheduled match against our darling Bendel Insurance on Sunday — we compete on the field only, but we must not neglect the place of friendship off it.

We pray for the quick recovery of the injured, the traumatised players and other officials of the club.”

The politician who has declared ambition to succeed Governor Godwin Obaseki gave the insight in a social media post on Sunday, December 10, 2023.