Sunshine Stars assistant kit manager, Taiye Dosunmu, who was shot by gunmen during an attack on December 7 has died.
Punch Metro had published that some unknown gunmen on Thursday, December 7 attacked the team along the Benin-Ore Expressway, on their way to honour the Nigeria Premier Football League match-day 13 game against Bendel Insurance.
Dosunmu was pictured with a gunshot wound in the stomach on a hospital bed. Some players, the team manager Seun Betiku, and other officials were also reportedly injured in the attack.
However a statement by the media officer, of the football club, Micheal Akintunde said Dosunmu did not survive the gunshots.
According to the statement he died on Friday December 22 at the UNIBENTH.
The statement reads in part, “With lot of pains in our hearts, we announce the untimely transition to eternity of our dear brother and Assistant Kit Manager, Taiwo Dosunmu, who died in line of duty by the bullets of armed bandit along Benin-Ore expressway on Thursday, December 7, 2023.
“Taiwo died at the Intensive Care Unit of University of Benin Teaching Hospital on Friday, December 22, 2023 after series of surgeries by consultants at the facility.
“Taiwo Dosunmu was a very hard working individual who took his job with all sense of seriousness.
“His selflessness at the moment of the attack saved the lives of players and other members of Sunshine Stars management.
“He will be sorely missed.
“Special thanks to the governments of Ondo and Edo States as well as the entire football family in Nigeria and many others for the supports rendered during the spell of the unfortunate incident.
“Burial arrangements of the departed will be communicated as authorized by the family.”
