Shooting Stars football club on Wednesday defeated NK Tabour of Slovenia with 4 goals at the international friendly during the unveiling of the remodeled Lekan Salami Sport Complex Adamasingba Ibadan.
Earlier the former super eagle team and old Players of the Oluyole warriors which was joined by Governor Seyi Makinde play a novelty match which ended in 1-1 goal scored by both Governor Makinde and Austin Jay Kay Okocha.
Some of the old players who players who participated in the match includes, Austin Eguafon, Taribo West, Tijani Lawal, Peter Rufai, Ike Sorohumu
The international friendly had a gaol against the Slovenian team at the first half and 3 goals was added during the second half
Although the match was affected by the heavy downpour which obviously affected free flow of the game but footbal enthusiasts commended Governor Makinde for a Job well done and urge him to fix some of the noticeable errors in the pitch and other
Members of the major opposition party are already condemning the development as they alleged that the investment on the stadium is not only a misplaced priority but a waste of resources because the contractor did a soddy job.
Engineer Femi James, Project Manager, Peculiar Ultimate Concerns, the company which handled the projects had last week said the entire projects will be completed by December and it is expected that all the errors would have been corrected
Former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abukabar, Governor of Ondo State Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu , Governor of Edo state Godwin Obaseki, former Governors of Oyo state Senator Rashidi Ladoja and Otunba Adebayo Alao Akala , Senator Akin Olujimin, Senator Dino Melaye, Senator Abdul Ningi and Senator Monsurat Sumonu
Also traditional rulers including the Soun of Ogbomoso, Aseyin of Iseyin, Olugbon of Ile Igbon, olu of Igbo Oran Onpetu of Ijeru and others traditolional rulers and high chief attended the event while Olubadan was reported to have angrily returned home becaue he was unable to acces the venue
Govenor Makinde in his speech specially recognized the effort of General David Jemibewon, ex military administrator for conceiving and construction of the stadium in 1988 ” if he had not build the stadium then there won’t be nothing to upgrade today
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