Ikhana joined 3SC to prove a point to Enyimba…

By Ayo Ademokoya

A prominent member of Oyo State House of Assembly committee on sports who played an important role in the employment of the most successful coach in Nigeria as the coach of the Oluyole warriors of Shooting stars, Chief Khadiri Ikhana has revealed to www.harohkah.blogspot.com.ng  recently in an exclusive interview that Ikhana actually agreed to team up with Shooting stars in order to prove to Enyimba his true worth as the best coach in Nigeria.

The Honourable member who prefer anonymity said, Ikhana is aware of  Shooting stars been a big club in Nigeria and would like to prove that to the world, hence his resolution to even take a pay cut from us in order to achieve his goal.

“When the General Manager, Rashidi Balogun presented the choice of Henry Abiodun to us, we at the House of Assembly felt we should jump at the availability of Khadiri Ikhana whose pedigree in the Nigerian League having won it for the record of 3 times with Kano Pillars in 2007/2008 and Enyimba in 2003/2004 and most recently in 2014/2015. This is a man who won the CAF Champions League and  we believe he is the messiah to reposition the club and take us to our rightful position as the number one football club not only in Nigeria but Africa as a whole.

“Not that Henry Abiodun is not a good coach, but Khadiri Ikhana’s intimidating profile cannot be swept under the floor, more so he(Khadiri) was of the opinion that if given the chance to work with us ,he will prove a point to Enyimba who refused to re-validate his contract with the people’s elephant despite winning the league for them. We saw the passion and also the commitment which money can’t buy.

“We are glad the GM reasoned along with us despite been skeptical about our decision at the initial stage thinking Ikhana might not be as submissive as Henry Abiodun but all is well and we are ready to kick off the season on a brighter note as we allowed the team to just concentrate instead engaging in unnecessary distraction and I believe at the end of the season all of us we have a reason to smile.

Shooting stars play Lobi Stars of Markurdi on Sunday the 21^st of February in the week one of the  Nigerian Proffessional football league at the Lekan salami stadium, Adamasingba Ibadan.