APC chieftain and former Oluyole LG Chairman, Alhaji Kehinde Olaosebikan, has congratulated Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) on qualifying to represent Nigeria in the 2026/2027 CAF Confederation Cup.
3SC sealed third place in the Nigeria Premier Football League on Sunday, earning a continental slot for the first time since 1999 under the Lam Adesina administration.
The club won Nigeria’s first continental trophy, the African Winners Cup, in 1976 during the reign of Olubadan Oba Gbadamosi Akanbi Adebimpe.
In a statement Monday, Olaosebikan congratulated Olubadan Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes, club chairman Taiwo Lekan Salami, and football fans across Oyo State.
He said Ladoja’s reign had restored glory to Ibadan’s darling team.
“I recall with nostalgia the blessing of the Olubadan at his Bodija residence on the players and management of 3SC shortly after he was announced as the new Imperial Majesty,” Olaosebikan said.
According to him, “That blessing has now turned around the fortune of the team.”
He urged players, management, and supporters to build on the achievement and called on the Oyo State government and prominent indigenes to provide funding and incentives for the club’s success in the Confederation Cup.
