Nigerian Premier League side, Giwa FC (Jos), were attacked by armed robbers at 9th Mile around Enugu this morning ahead of their NPFL week 21 tie against Abia Warriors FC (Umuahia).
Speaking to NAIJ.COM, Sammy Adesoji the media officer of the team said they were attacked but no life was lost and some soldiers escorted them to their destination before turning back.
“We thank God my sister, they attacked us at the 9th mile around Ebugu, but we are all doing fine now, the players are fine and ready for the challenge ahead”
“Right now we arrived Umuahia safely and we got soldiers that followed us to our destination, we are now focused on the game and have put the attack behind us,” he said.
Speaking to Premium Times, Friday Achimugwu, a goalkeeper with with the club said the attack occurred at about 10pm.
He said: “It was at about 10pm that the attack occurred, we actually thought they were security operatives that was why we stopped only to discover that they were robbers.”
“Immediately we knew they were robbers, we just had to cooperate so we were giving them our phones, monies and other valuables but they were still trying to force their way into the bus and they were ordering us to come down from the bus.”
The goalie was grateful to God that nobody from the team was injured: “At that point I was scared because I remembered what happened to Kano Pillars team, but God intervened and a military patrol van began to come our way and the robbers had to run away into the nearby bush.”
NAIJ.COM recall that Kano Pillars were attacked on their way to an away match against Heartland FC in Imo state. Armed bandits shot at their bus, some players got injured with bullet wounds but no life was lost.
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