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Hoodlums Attack Sunshine Stars, Shoot Ball Boy, Injure Staff And Players
Hoodlums Attack Sunshine Stars, Shoot Ball Boy, Injure Staff And Players
On Thursday, a group of thugs attacked players and staff of Sunshine Stars, a team in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), causing injuries to several individuals.
“Suspected hoodlums attack Sunshine Stars team bus along Ore-Benin Expressway,” the Akure, Ondo State-based side tweeted on their X account. “Ball boy shot. Team manager others, seriously injured.”
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The team’s Media Officer, Michael Akintunde, provided details of the incident, stating that the attack occurred as they were en route to an NPFL fixture against Bendel Insurance in the neighboring Edo State.
“It saddens our hearts to inform Nigerians, especially football lovers that our team was attacked a few minutes ago along the Ore-Benin Expressway to honour an elite league tie against Insurance of Benin, scheduled for this weekend,” Akintunde said in the wake of the incident.
“Our ball boy was shot in the horrible attack, and our team manager and other club officials including players are seriously injured. It took the intervention of officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) that helped rescue the injured officials and the shot individuals to a nearby hospital.”
But police authorities in the South-West state are yet to comment on the issue.
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