The administration of Kano Pillars Soccer Membership has introduced the suspension of the workforce’s Technical Adviser, Ogenyi Evans, and Chief Coach, Ahmed Garba.
The suspension, it stated, follows what it described because the membership’s unsatisfactory efficiency within the ongoing 2025/2026 Nigeria Premier Soccer League (NPFL) season.
In a press release issued by the membership’s Media and Communications Directorate on Monday in Kano, the administration stated the suspension, which is with rapid impact, is aimed toward repositioning the workforce for higher outcomes.
In keeping with administration, the workforce has performed eight league matches to this point, securing solely two wins and two attracts and struggling 4 defeats, a report the administration considers beneath expectations.
“Within the interim, former membership captain and Assistant Coach, Mr Gambo Muhammad, alongside Goalkeeping Coach, Mr Suleiman Shuaibu, will take cost of the workforce’s technical tasks,” the administration stated.
It added that Coach Garzali Muhammad from the Junior Pillars can even be a part of the interim workforce in an ad-hoc capability pending additional directives from the membership’s hierarchy.
The administration expressed appreciation to the membership’s supporters for his or her continued loyalty and warranted them that needed measures had been being taken to revive the workforce’s successful spirit.
Turbulent season
The Information Company of Nigeria (NAN) studies that Kano Pillars have been sanctioned by the Nigeria Premier Soccer League (NPFL) following incidents of crowd bother throughout their current house match towards Capturing Stars.
As a part of the punishment, the membership will play their subsequent 10 house matches in Katsina behind closed doorways and face a ₦9.5 million effective.
As well as, the NPFL deducted three factors and three objectives from the workforce’s whole for the continued 2025/2026 season.
Pillars of their newest outing on Sunday suffered a 2–1 defeat to newly promoted Barau FC of their Match Day 9 encounter of the NPFL on the Sani Abacha Stadium, Kano, which serves as Barau FC’s adopted house floor.
Veteran midfielder Rabiu Ali opened the scoring for Pillars within the twentieth minute, however Barau FC’s Ibrahim Yahaya equalised from the penalty spot , his fourth purpose of the season, earlier than Stanley Okafor Oganbor netted the winner within the seventy fifth minute to seal victory for the guests.
The end result and subsequent sanctions have intensified stress on the membership’s technical crew and administration because the workforce continues to wrestle for consistency within the ongoing marketing campaign.
With 9 video games performed, Kano Pillars occupy twentieth place within the league standings.
(NAN)
