By Ayodele Oni
For fear of being relegated, the Management of Sunshine Stars FC of Akure has announced the sack of the entire coaching crew and its Head, Edith Agoye.
The announcement was made by the Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Bamidele Ologunloluwa, on Monday at a meeting with the coaching crew of the team.
Also sacked along with Agoye were his technical crew; Assistant Coaches, Akin Olowokere, Banjo Adepoju and Folorunsho Stephen.
Ologunloluwa said the sack came after a poor run of form and several ultimatums given to the coaching crew by the management.
The commissioner said he would not wait until the teams that had outstanding matches started playing and Sunshine Stars are fighting relegation battle.
He noted that the mandate given to the coaching crew has not been met despite the support given to them lamenting that it was unfortunate that it has to come to ‘this’.
“It’s not going to be business as usual, I don’t want to fight relegation anymore, it is not about witch-hunting. Once a technical crew is not performing, the job is about hiring and firing like you know.”
Agoye, in his response, appreciated the Commissioner for the opportunity to be the head coach and work with the team and wished the team well in future.
“I can only wish the club all the best going forward and I wish the coming coach the best of luck.”
Sunshine Stars are currently 12th on the log with 22 points from 19 matches.
