Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission Yusuf Alli has confirmed that Coach Monday Odigie remains the Technical Director of Bendel Insurance of Benin.
He revealed that the attention of the management of Bendel Insurance FC was drawn to rumours and malicious reports in some quarters that Coach Monday Odigie, Head Coach and Technical Director of Bendel Insurance has resigned from the club.
Alli added that the management would have preferred to ignore the rumours but was compelled to react and put things in their right perspective so that the rumours don’t gain ground and mislead the unsuspecting public.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Monday Odigie remains the Head Coach and Technical Director of Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin and did not resign or dump his homeland club.
“This clarification has become necessary against the widespread rumour and malicious news reports trending on some social media platforms regarding the position of Coach Monday Odigie’s contract with Insurance,” Alli said at the weekend.
“It’s on record that Odigie informed the secretary of Bendel Insurance Mr Charles Ihimekpen and his assistant Coach Greg Ikhenoba about the urgent need for him to travel out of the state to attend to some pressing needs immediately Insurance returned from Jos, Plateau state on Monday. He charged his first assistant coach Greg Ikhenoba to take charge of the technical crew till his return.”
The Benin Arsenals spanked Gombe Utd 2-0 In Benin with coach Greg Ikhenoba in charge of the technical crew without Coach Odigie on Friday evening, sparking the rumour that coach Odigie may have dumped his native land club.
