Ahmed Shuaibu Gara Gombe has acquires the Gombe State FA division 1 side, Mega FC Jekadafari and renamed the club Gombe Sporting Football Club.
Gara, who is the former chairman of Gombe State Football Association, said acquiring Mega FC Jekadanfari was part of his desire to improve the quality and standard of football in Gombe Stat, stressing that his interest in football has not diminished even though other interests have cropped up.
“Some people thought I have left football, but didn’t know football is in me,” Gara stated.
According to him, changing the Club’s name to Gombe Sporting Football Club was to further give the club a new beginning in line with the terms of agreement to restructure the club to a desired standard.
Terms of agreement also stipulated that “The former owners/board members of Mega FC Jekadanfari have agreed the club would be officially handed over to Ahmed Shuaibu Gara as the new owner, with ultimatum to restructure as he wishes and have also agreed to follow Ahmed Shuaibu Gara’s directives and support him with or without any schedule of duty (Rank) and declares that Ahmed Shuaibu Gara is now the official owner of Mega FC Jekadanfari.
Sequel to the agreement, six signatories out of eight including former Club chairman, Abubakar M. Abubakar, his deputy Abubakar Ahmed, Team Manager Isa Baffa and Secretary/Coach Aliyu O. Lamido, signed the document.
The former owner’s decision to allow a take over of the club was owing to a set back the club suffered and lack of exposure cum inexperience of the team in the state and hoping that the new owner have the capacity to take the club to the FIFA and CAF standard.
