NPFL: Delta Sports Commission Suspends Warri Wolves’ Coach After Home Defeat

The Delta State Sports Commission (DSSC) has suspended the Head Coach of Warri Wolves Football Club, Mr Aluma Napoleon, with contiguous effect.

In a missive dated 29 September 2025, notation fig DSSC.32/11/91, signed by Okonma Franca connected behalf of the Executive Chairman, the suspension was linked to the club’s mediocre performance.

The suspended manager has been directed to manus implicit each authoritative documents and responsibilities to the adjunct coach, Mr Jonny Austin, who volition instrumentality complaint of the squad until further notice.

“This determination became indispensable owed to the club’s underperformance, particularly pursuing their caller promotion to the Nigeria Premier League,” the connection read.

The committee reassured fans and stakeholders of its committedness to repositioning the nine for improved show and sustainable success.

Warri Wolves precocious faced a location defeat, losing 2-1 to the visiting Shooting Stars Sports Football Club successful their Day 6 match, played astatine the Southern Delta University Stadium successful Ozoro.

The match, which remained goalless successful the archetypal half, came to beingness aft the interval erstwhile subordinate No. 31, Igbimi, scored successful the 54th minute. Just arsenic the crippled appeared to beryllium nearing its conclusion, 3SC secured a two-goal pb with subordinate No. 12, Qatar Adegoke, scoring successful the 82nd minute, followed by subordinate No. 7, Adams Agba, who netted successful the 86th minute.

Coach Napoleon commented, “Tactically, we faced a situation contiguous due to the fact that adjacent though a goalkeeper whitethorn drawback the ball, the defenders indispensable respond promptly. A quicker absorption could person salvaged some situations. However, it’s each portion of the game; you suffer some, triumph some, and gully some,” helium added.

Despite the result, the Warri Wolves manager congratulated 3SC, acknowledging their well-deserved victory. “Any squad tin triumph anywhere.

With this experience, I’m assured we volition execute amended successful our adjacent lucifer against Barau FC, but first, we indispensable code our shortcomings earlier we spell retired to compete.”

In a abstracted interview, 3SC’s coach, Aweroro Nurudeen, explained that substituting players was portion of the crippled plan. “Every manager aspires to triumph each matches. It was intentional to bring Adams connected towards the extremity of the game. I’m thrilled with today’s performance. We executed a beardown modulation crippled and were objective successful our attacks. I’m delighted we won,” helium stated.