Edo State’s Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, at the weekend announced his exit from professional football. Until his retirement, Shaibu was a player of Bendel Insurance FC,...
Edo State’s Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, at the weekend announced his exit from professional football. Until his retirement, Shaibu was a player of Bendel Insurance FC, a club that he helped to secure a ticket to the Nigerian Professional Football League .
Briefing newsmen in Benin City, Shaibu said he was elated that his six years sojourn with the Benin side ended with a ticket to the Nigerian apex league.“I am so excited today that in good health, I am retiring from professional football and I thank the stakeholders in Bendel Insurance for this historic moment of retiring with jersey number 40.
The retiring player, who noted that he exited without any injury, identified the qualification of Bendel Insurance for the NPFL as his happiest moment in his career, even beyond the gold medal he won for Edo during the 20th National Sports Festival.
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