NPFL: Former players threaten to report Kwara United to Fifa as Bosso to revive Bayelsa United

The newly signed manager of Bayelsa United Ladan Bosso has promised to give his best to ensure the club becomes one of the best in the country.

Bosso rejoined the Restoration Boys for a second stint on Tuesday.

The 56-year-old managed Bayelsa United in 2012.

The Yenagoa club finished in 15th place in the Nigeria Premier Football League last season.

Bosso said they will fight hard to improve their position next season.

“This is our job and we will do what we know how to do best. This is my second time at Bayelsa United and I remember we were able to pick up continental tickets and I think this time around we will improve on that,” Bosso said at his unveiling ceremony.

Bayelsa United will begin the new season with an away fixture against Sunshine Stars.

Elsewhere, former players and officials of Kwara United have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the management of the club to pay their outstanding N196m, which they claim is their collective sign-on fees owed from the 2014/2015 season.

The ultimatum was communicated to the club management by the group’s legal counsel, Exact Legal Associates, via a letter dated July 11, 2024, and titled ‘Demand for outstanding sign-on fees payment of erstwhile players and officials from 2014/15 till date.’

Counsel to the group, Y.Y Ajibade, stated that they had exhausted all avenues to get the club management to pay the outstanding emoluments of the group.

He decried the response of the club management, who he said paid a ‘paltry N5m’, which represented 2.4 percent of the outstanding sum of N196m.

The letter stated that this had put members of the aggrieved group in dire financial situations, with many of them unable to meet their financial obligations after rendering their services to the club.

The counsel, on behalf of the group, thus issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Kwara United management to pay the outstanding sum to a Jaiz Bank account, threatening to take the matter to the Nigeria Football Federation and world body FIFA to seek redress.

Meanwhile, two members of the aggrieved group, who were team captains at different times, Onigbari Akeem and Sherif Jimoh, appealed to the State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, to intervene and resolve the issue.

On its part, the management of Kwara United said it was aware of the unpaid entitlements of the ex-players of the club, saying the chairman, Kunbi Titiloye, had taken up the matter with relevant stakeholders.

The club chairman in a statement signed by Ayodeji Ismail, Media Officer of Kwara United, on Tuesday stated, “Club management is a continuum and we are looking towards solving the problem.”

He appealed to AbdulRazaq to assist in settling the debts.

“We are aware of your (ex-players) unfortunate situation and we believe the Governor, will sort the issues very soon.”