Abdulazeez Abdulwahab
SUNSHINE Stars FC’s assistant kit manager, Taiwo Dosunmu who was shot when the team bus was attacked en route to their game in Benin earlier in the month has passed away.
A statement from the club read “Taiwo died at the Intensive Care Unit of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital on Friday, 22 December 2023 after a series of surgeries by consultants at the facility.
“Taiwo Dosunmu was a very hard-working individual who took his job with all sense of seriousness.”
Eighteen-Eleven Media reports that the team was attacked by a suspected armed robbery gang between the Ondo and Edo border along the Ore-Benin Express Road on Thursday evening on their way to Benin to honour the NPFL Match Day 13 fixture with Bendel Insurance FC of Benin.
Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki has promised to offset the medical bills incurred by the Sunshine Stars team at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) in the course of providing life-saving care for their kit manager who was shot by unknown armed men on Thursday 7th December 2023.
Eighteen-Eleven Media