CAF CUP: How Kwara United players, coaches shared Saliu Mustapha’s $1,500 largess

The Kwara United football club, including the players and the management officials, have unanimously agreed on a sharing formula that would be just to all, The Informant247 gathers.

According to reports, $1,500 cash prize was gifted to the Kwara United football club after their victory against the AS Douanes of Niger Republic on Sunday.

The Kwara side defeated the Nigerien club in their opening game in the CAF Confederation cup.

Recall that the football match, played at the Mobolaji Johnson stadium in Lagos state, ended with a score of three to nil.

The Informant247 reports that the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the Kwara Central Senatorial race, Saliu Mustapha, had promised to motivate the players with $500 for every goal scored in the competition, and redeemed a $1500 pledge to the club after the Sunday match.

An insider familiar with the workings of the club, explained that the $1,500, an equivalent of one million naira using the parallel market exchange rate, was shared among the players, coaches, and other backroom officers.

The Informant247 learnt that while it was agreed that the players should take the larger 60 percent, with the scorers getting a slightly higher portion, the coaches and others were apportioned the remaining 40 percent.

One of the players who spoke with our correspondent under the condition of anonymity, explained that the decision was a show of sportsmanship that has kept the bond of the club stronger.

“We don’t want a situation that will promote selfishness. We need everybody to be happy for us to ultimately win the league,” he said,

The team member also lauded the contributions of Mustapha and the Kwara state Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, who he claimed, have been solidly behind the club.