Unknown gunmen on Tuesday abducted Stanley Eguma, coach of Nigerian Professional Premier League club, Rivers United.
The PUNCH reported that Eguma was kidnapped along Enugu road with two of his personal assistants on his way back from a local game against Adamawa United at the Ribadu Square Stadium, Yola.
The Port Harcourt-based side lost the match 2-0.
The news of Eguma’s abduction was revealed by a source close to the abducted manager who craved anonymity.
“The coach did not return with the team on Tuesday but that’s all I can tell you. We hear he has been kidnapped but we are waiting to hear officially from the club management,”
Abduction of footballers and coaching crews have become a frequent occurrence in the country, with Eguma the second NPFL manager to be kidnapped — after Abdulahi Biffo — in two years.
In February, Kabiru Mohammed, the bus driver of NPFL side, Adamawa United, was abducted by unknown gunmen and was released after six days after a ransom of N1m was paid to the abductors.
Last year, Super Eagles and Enyimba star Dayo Ojo was kidnapped alongside two others on the Benin-Owo expressway on his way to Akure following the suspension of the NPFL due to the outbreak of coronavirus in the country.
