Remo Stars President, Hon. Kunle Soname has doled out a princely sum of N28 million to the club for qualifying for the CAF Champions League for the 2023/24 season.
Remo came second behind the winners of the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL), Enyimba International of Aba following the conclusion of the Super Six play-offs.
The Ijebu-Ode based club after beating Bendel Insurance 1-0 in their final NPFL Super Six game at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Lagos claimed a first-ever CAF Champions League ticket.
On Monday, Remo’s owner, Soname decided to reward the entire team and members of staff with a sum of N28m for their successful campaign during the 2022/23 season.
Nigeria’s photo journalist, Sulaiman Adebayo popularly known as Pooja shared a video of Soname rewarding Remo Stars on his Twitter handle.
“Remo Stars President, Hon. Kunle Soname gifted the team, technical crew, media team & supporters’ club a sum of N28M for securing the CAF Champions League ticket,” Pooja tweeted.
“A big ceremony in Ikenne, Ogun State. Breakdown of the N28m; 20m for team, 5m for technical team, 1.5m for Media team and 1.5m for Supporters Club,” he explained.
Away from the ceremony, Remo Stars head coach, Daniel Ogunmodede, has said his team will fight to maintain their unbeaten record against Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), in their upcoming clash at the Naija Super 8 zonal play-offs.
The match will be one of the six Naija Super 8 qualifying games, which will be held at the Eket Township Stadium from 23 to 25 June.
The two teams will duel for the ticket to represent the South-West zone at the Naija Super 8 finals in Lagos from 7 to 16 July.
Shooting Stars and Remo Stars have met six times in the top division with Remo Stars winning two games and four drawn games. The statistics put Remo Stars as the favourite against, Shooting Stars.
Speaking ahead of what is branded the “South-West Derby,” Ogunmodede said encounters between the two teams have always been tough and described the clash as “arguably the most interesting derby in the country.”
