Kogi United fans and countless numbers of people in the State have praised the club’s Chairman for the bode decision to sack Folabi Ojekunle as coach.
Despite getting massive support from the club’s management under Abdulmalik Issah this season in the NNL, Folabi Ojekunle found it difficult to change the fortune of the club.
It will be recalled that in the history of Kogi United, Folabi Ojekunle was the first coach to be unveiled by the State Governor and also the first to get official car thanks to the management under Abdulmalik Issah.
After Ojekunle’s failure to win the NNL playoff, Kogi United Chairman Abdulmalik Issah tried to convince Governor Yahaya Bello on acquiring another NNL ticket for the club which was done.
However, Ojekunle who was given free hands to select his players before the start of the season found it hard to excel and the club is now on the verge of relegating again.
This made the management under proactive and experienced Chairman Abdulmalik Issah to terminate Folabi Ojekunle’s contract and wished him good luck.
Hours after the decision was made, our reporter went round Lokoja to find out the reactions of fans only to discovered that they were all pleased with Abdulmalik Issah’s action.
Some die hard fans also confirmed that Ojekunle Folabi had never selected his squad for match days on merit but based on experiment which made the club find themselves languishing in the drop zone.
They added that Folabi Ojekunle has been the stumbling block preventing the hard work of Kogi United Chairman Abdulmalik Issah from showing on the club despite huge support he gave the coach.
They however urged Abdulmalik Issah to continue his brilliant work towards repositioning Kogi United stressing that the Chairman should not be disturbed or distracted by those orchestrating attacks based on the fact that he is an Igbira man.
Meanwhile, assistant coach Chidi Oji will be in charge of Kogi United for subsequent games until when the management will make another decision.
