Enyimba's Bus attacked in Okene

Enyimba’s preparation for the Super Four in Kaduna suffered severe hitches on Monday afternoon after players and officials of the club were robbed at gunpoint at Okene, Kogi State on their way to Kaduna.

The People's Elephant were going to Kaduna from Otta
where they have been having intensive pre-season training
ahead of the NPFL and the Caf Champions League.

A top official of the club, Chukwudi Okanume told Goal that
dare devil armed robbers waylaid their bus, and after
shooting sporadically into the air, robbed the players and
officials of personal electronics and money.

Okanume confirmed that no player was molested and that
there was no injury but that the players were yet to recover
from the shock of the armed attacks.

He said the team had to stop in Okene and that the players
are being psyched up to rid the trauma of the attack off their minds so as to continue the journey.

“We were attacked around Okene by armed robbers who
came with lots of guns. They were shooting into the air. The
players lost all what they had on them including phones,
money, laptops and other valuables,” Okanume told Goal.

“We have not sat down to take stock of what was stolen.
Everything happened in broad daylight but there was nobody to help us.”

Enyimba are the defending champions of the league and thisbrings to two the cases of armed robbery attacks against football clubs after the celebrated case of former
champions, Kano Pillars who were attacked on March 5,
2015 in Abuja on their way to honour a league match in
Owerri against Heartland.

Pillars were not that lucky as five of their players suffered
serious gunshot injuries after the attacks as the armed
bandits made away with their valuables.