I went and met them in school, and convinced five of them to join me in WNTV/WNBS football club where I was serving out my one-year compulsory Industrial Attachment after OND. I was the young officer (and football player) in charge of the broadcast station’s football club preparing to play in that year’s Western State Challenge Cup competition. Following that experience, we became friends and started a relationship as well as our football careers. He joined IICC Shooting Stars FC ahead of Kunle Awesu, Muda Lawal and I, even though in the same year in 1974! We would occasionally recall them later after he went into club football administration, and I went into the sports business.

Source: The Guardian February 16, 2019 03:00 UTC