Duke Udi, Sunshine Stars coach, has been sacked by the Ondo state government over alleged misconduct.
In a statement made available to TheCable on Tuesday, Saka Yusuf-Ogunleye, Ondo state commissioner for sports, said Henry Abiodun, former coach of the club, will take over the until further notice.
Yusuf-Ogunleye said his ministry took the decision after it received letters from the Ondo State Football Agency over the alleged acts of insubordination and gross misconduct of Udi.
The commissioner said the board of the club and the ministry decided to part ways with the coach after its joint meeting.
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“Following a letter received from the management board of Ondo State Football Agency on misconduct and insubordination of the head coach of the Sunshine Stars Duki Udi of a CAF Licence C category,” the statement read.
“The management board and the ministry of youth and sports management at a joint meeting today (Tuesday) agreed that coach Duke Udi should step aside with effect from today March 13 and the technical director of the team, coach Henry Abiodun of with CAF licence A should lead d team.”
Sunshine Stars are 17th on the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) table with 13 points from 12 matches.
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The Akure-based team will play Yobe Deserts on Sunday.
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