The Management of Bayelsa United Football Club has confirmed the abscondment of Coach Ladan Isah Bosso from duty as the Technical Adviser to the team, describing it as a show of arrogance and disrespect to Bayelsa and its people.
The Club has, thus, petitioned the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), demanding N30 million for breach of a subsisting contract.
Bosso, 57, was hired last year as Technical Adviser to the Bayelsa State team and moved the team through a survival battle to the 10th position during the 2024/2025 NFFL season.
It was gathered that Bosso, who is the President of the Nigeria Coaches Association and former Head Coach of Nigeria’s U-20 national team, was lured away by the newly promoted Barau FC team of Kano with a promise to double his pay package.
Barau FC has since announced and unveiled Bosso as the team’s Technical Adviser for the new football season.
The announcement shocked the management and supporters of Bayelsa United who thought Bosso was on holiday.
Although the details of the contract agreement reached with the Bayelsa United FC remains unknown, it was confirmed that Bosso has abandoned all ongoing Pre-Season preparations of the club and joined Barau FC.
Gov Douye Diri of Bayelsa, who is also abreast of the development, mentioned it during the last State Executive Council meeting while hosting the victorious players of the Bayelsa Queens.
The governor described the development as a ‘huge distraction’ and noted that such unprofessional conduct can only happen in Nigeria.
Diri, it was gathered, advised the management of the team to write the NFF about Ladan Bosso’s action before embarking on the recruitment of a new Coach for the team.
Reacting to the development, in a petition filed before the Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation, the management of Bayelsa United through its Chairman, Nwakwe Tarilaye, described Bosso’s action as “brazen show of disrespect and arrogance to the state and Government of Bayelsa State.”
According to the letter, titled “Notification of Abscondment from Duty by Ladan Bosso”, the Club said “Ladan Bosso has abscond from duty without any form of communication. It is now public knowledge that Ladan Boss has contracted a new deal with newly promoted Barau FC of Kano when he has a subsisting contract with us.
“His conduct, being President of the Coaches Association, only speaks to a brazen manifestation of arrogance and disrespect to the government and people of Bayelsa State.
“The action of Bosso is not only embarrassing but also a distortion of our preparation for the 2025/2026 NFFL season. Mr. Bosso has violated the terms of his contract with the club.
“Consequently, it is our considered stand that Mr. Ladan Isah Bosso be made to pay damages of N30 million for breach of contract and serve as a deterrent to other coaches,” the petition read in part.
