Eguavoen quits Enyimba

Austin Eguavoen has quit Nigeria Premier League side Enyimba, citing “personal reasons” for his decision.

The former Eagles captain and coach said that he is leaving the club for personal reasons.

"I have put in my resignation from Enyimba," revealed Eguavoen, who joined Enyimba early this season after he quit as coach of Nigeria Olympic team following the team’s failure to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics.

"I am leaving on personal grounds, but I will first wait for the club chairman to return so that the team manager could forward the letter of resignation to him.”

This was Eguavoen’s second spell at the two-time African champions after he led them to win the 2009 Federation Cup.

On Monday, Enyimba, six-time winners of the league and twice cup winners, were upset by lower league Prime FC in the quarterfinal of this year’s Federation Cup.

Both players and officials were promptly placed on half salary following their shock cup ouster.

‘The People’s Elephant’, as the Aba club are known by their fans, are currently third on the NPL table with 52 points, six points behind leaders Enugu Rangers with four rounds of matches to be played.