Akwa United management reads riot act to players, coaches
The management of Akwa United FC have read the riot act to players and coaches – shape in or shape out!
This follows the very poor performance of the Promise Keepers who occupy the bottom of the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL).
The former FA Cup and League champions have garnered a paltry two points from four games.
The Management of the club admonished the technical crew and the players to “quickly remedy the situation at hand”.
Akwa United play Bendel Insurance in Benin in the first installment of the “South-South derby.”
“We regret the terrible emotional torture you have made our teeming fans to go through and we want to sincerely apologise to them and ask that you quickly remedy the situation even by the next match in Benin,” Chairman of the club Elder Paul Bassey said.
“We are a club rich in tradition and endowed with winning mentality. We don’t participate in the league for participation sake. We compete to win laurels and qualify for the continent and our record in the past five seasons can attest to that.”
Akwa United moved from the Godswill Akpabio stadium Uyo to the Eket township stadium for their home matches.
They were forced to a goalless draw by Shooting Stars of Ibadan last Sunday.
But the team Chairman says the time had come to dig deep and reignite the season.
“We the management of Akwa United Football Club are worried about the present position of our club after playing four matches without a win. Our recent results are simply not acceptable. Our fans and supporters deserve the best from us for all their support and encouragement and we have to improve our performance to ensure we have positive results in our subsequent matches.
“As the management of this club, we have made our players welfare package a top priority, we are not owing any staff of this club because salaries and bonuses are paid as at when due. As a club, we don’t lack anything because the government of Pastor Umo Eno has provided us with all the necessary support we need.
“Our players don’t have any reason not to perform well, they must stand up and be counted, they have to be more committed, dedicated, disciplined, and focused while representing this club. Our players and coaches must always be at their best so they can give us the results we need to achieve our target at the end of the season, which is to win the league again, just as we did in 2021.”
A loss in Benin could see the end of coach Fatai Osho’s tenure.
