The supporters club head said different governments have come and gone in the state and none had proposed the sale of Sunshine Stars.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Executive committee of Sunshine Stars FC Supporters Club has said it would resist attempts by the state government to sell off the club.
Ondo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Bamidele Ologun, had announced on Tuesday the government’s readiness to sell the club if it gets a buyer who is committed to the growth of football in Nigeria.
Chairman of the supporters club’s executive committee, Tunde Adeboboye, told reporters on Thursday after the inauguration of the committee that the club has been the baby of the association since its creation.
He said, “Sunshine Stars is our baby, and it was established by a military administration. It won’t be a good thing for the club to be sold by a civilian government.
“We have said it before, when we heard the rumour of the selling of the team and we are still reiterating that the government should not sell off the club.
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“Sunshine Stars remain a source of happiness to many people in the state. Selling it is tantamount to taking some people’s joy away from them.
“We are not averse to partnership arrangements, but we are totally against selling off.”
The supporters club head said different governments have come and gone in the state and none had proposed the sale of Sunshine Stars.
”We will resist attempts to sell the club, but we will support a partnership that will promote the club.
“We are stakeholders as far as Sunshine Stars and Sunshine Queens (the state-owned female clubside) are concerned, and we will not allow the clubs to be sold.
“A lot of the clubs’ management committees have come and gone, but we have remained since the formation of the clubs,” he said.