By Ado Oyeyemi, Akure
Assailants reportedly targeted members of the Sunshine Stars football club of Akure in an attack along the Ore-Benin Expressway.
It was learnt that the bus was attacked on Thursday morning.
“One of them was shot, while the team Manager, Seun Betiku and others sustained varying degrees of injuries“, a source who preferred to be anonymous said. READ ALSO:
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The team members were on their way to Benin city, Edo state to honour this weekend’s Nigeria premier football League match against Insurance of Benin.
Details later.
