'The Headmaster" quits as General Manager of 3SC

Mutiu Afepoju has resigned his position as General Manager of 3SC with immediate effect. Adepoju fondly called ‘Headmaster’ because of his knack of scoring with his head submitted his letter of resignation on Tuesday at the club’s office in Ibadan.

He however told Goal.com that he is travelling to Spain on Thursday to attend a two-week UEFA Pro Licence course which according to him is to re-validate the licence whose renewal is every three years.

“Firstly I want to thank the Executive Governor of Oyo State, the Honourable Commissioner of Sports, the Management board of Shooting Stars and most especially the lovely Ibadan darling fans for supporting me and the club for the past five years,” Adepoju told Goal.com.

I pray that the club continues to wax stronger but I have to quit now for some reasons best known to me and I honestly wish the club well in all its endeavours.

“I hope to travel to Spain on Thursday to attend a two-week Uefa Pro-3 coaching course to re-validate my coaching licence after which I will know what next to do.”

Though Goal.com, reliably gathered that the former member of Super Eagles at the 1994 Africa Nations Cup winner was irked by the treatment meted to him by the Club Board who asked him to apply for a new contract after the expiration of the existing one.

The former Eagles star is not happy with the fact that he was not appreciated by the new Executive Board of the club led by former Oyo State Sports Council Chairman, Toyin Akintunde after putting in five years of selfless service to the club.

Adepoju, Goal.com scooped, believed that it was a way of showing him that his services was not needed again since he has to queue with other new applicants to get the job back. He said as a Yoruba man, he knows when to call it quit instead of being ridiculed by anybody. He also thanked the Almighty God for seeing him through his five years of handling the club affairs which included bringing the club back from relegation to the Premier League status.

“I am most grateful to Almighty Allah for using me as a weapon to bring 3SC back from relegation to the division one to the Premier League, a status the club has been enjoying for the past three years now,” he added.