NPFL: Kano Pillars Suspend Technical Adviser, Chief Coach Amid Poor Performance

Kano Pillars Football Club has suspended its Technical Adviser, Ogenyi Evans, and Chief Coach, Ahmed Garba Yaro Yaro, with immediate effect, following what the club management described as the team’s “unsatisfactory performance” in the ongoing 2025/2026 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season.

In a statement signed by the club’s Media and Communications Director, Abubakar Isah Dandago, the management said, “The Club’s Technical Adviser, Ogenyi Evans, and Chief Coach, Ahmed Garba Yaro Yaro, have been suspended with immediate effect following the team’s unsatisfactory performance in the ongoing 2025/2026 Nigeria Premier Football League season.”

The statement added that the decision was necessitated by the team’s poor run of results, having played eight matches so far with only two wins, two draws, and four losses.

In the interim, the club announced that “former club captain and Assistant Coach, Gambo Muhammad, alongside goalkeeping coach, Suleiman Shuaibu, will take charge of the team’s technical duties,” while Coach Garzali Muhammad (Kusa) from the Junior Pillars “will provide support in an ad-hoc capacity pending further directives.”

LEADERSHIP reports that the development comes at a turbulent time for the ‘Sai Masu Gida’ team, who have struggled in recent weeks. The club was also hit with a heavy fine of over N9m by the Nigeria Premier Football League board over crowd disturbances during a recent home fixture at the Sani Abacha Stadium. The incident, which saw fans invade the pitch over referee decisions, lea to multiple injuries to players and officials of the visiting team.