NPFL: Kano Pillars suspend technical adviser, chief coach

The absorption of Kano Pillars Football Club has announced the suspension of the team’s Technical Adviser, Ogenyi Evans, and Chief Coach, Ahmed Garba.

The suspension, it said, follows what it described arsenic the club’s unsatisfactory show successful the ongoing 2025/2026 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season.

In a connection issued by the club’s Media and Communications Directorate connected Monday successful Kano, the absorption said the suspension which is with contiguous effect, is aimed astatine repositioning the squad for amended results.

According to the management, the squad played 8 league matches truthful far, securing lone 2 wins, 2 draws, and suffering 4 defeats, a grounds the absorption considers beneath expectations.

“In the interim, erstwhile nine skipper and Assistant Coach, Mr Gambo Muhammad, alongside Goalkeeping Coach, Mr Suleiman Shuaibu, volition instrumentality complaint of the team’s method responsibilities,” the absorption said.

It added that Coach Garzali Muhammad from the Junior Pillars volition besides articulation the interim squad successful an ad-hoc capableness pending further directives from the club’s hierarchy.

The absorption expressed appreciation to the club’s supporters for their continued loyalty and assured them that indispensable measures were being taken to reconstruct the team’s winning spirit.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kano Pillars person been sanctioned by the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) pursuing incidents of assemblage occupation during their caller location lucifer against Shooting Stars.

As portion of the punishment, the nine volition play their adjacent 10 location matches successful Katsina down closed doors, portion besides facing a ₦9.5 cardinal fine. In addition, the NPFL deducted 3 points and 3 goals from the team’s full for the ongoing 2025/2026 season.

NAN reports that Pillars suffered a 2–1 decision to recently promoted Barau FC successful their Match Day 9 brushwood of the NPFL astatine the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, which serves arsenic Barau FC’s adopted location ground.

Veteran midfielder Rabiu Ali opened scoring for Pillars successful the 20th minute, but Barau FC’s Ibrahim Yahaya equalised from the punishment spot , his 4th extremity of the play earlier Stanley Okafor Oganbor netted the victor successful the 75th infinitesimal to seal triumph for the visitors.

The effect and consequent sanctions person intensified unit connected the club’s method unit and absorption arsenic the squad continues to conflict for consistency successful the ongoing campaign.

Kano Pillars which played 9 games, inhabit 20th presumption successful the league standing.

(NAN)

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