Abeokuta, Nigeria – July 11, 2025
The highly respected Allstars Football Club of Abeokuta has issued a strongly worded public statement distancing itself from a group reportedly impersonating its identity and misrepresenting themselves as legitimate members of the club. This response came following a social media report alleging that the said group paid a courtesy visit to the Honourable Commissioner for Sports Development, Hon. Wasiu Isiaka, in his Abeokuta office on Thursday morning.
In a statement signed by the club’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Wole Otayemi, the club expressed serious concern about the use of its name by individuals it described as impostors:
“It has come to our notice via a widely publicized report on the social media space that a Football Association or Club are referring to themselves as members of the Abeokuta Allstars Football Club.
The group is not only illegal but a bunch of impostors criminally parading themselves as members of the highly respected and revered Allstars Football Club Abeokuta.”
According to the statement, the alleged impersonators decorated the Hon. Commissioner and solicited government support for a proposed football competition dubbed the South West Veterans All Stars Football Tournament-actions the club described as misleading and potentially criminal.
Clarifying Its Status and Legacy, Otayemi went on to reaffirm the authenticity and historical credentials of the original club:
The group is not only illegal but a bunch of impostors criminally parading themselves as members of the highly respected and revered Allstars Football Club Abeokuta.”
According to the statement, the alleged impersonators decorated the Hon. Commissioner and solicited government support for a proposed football competition dubbed the South West Veterans All Stars Football Tournament-actions the club described as misleading and potentially criminal.
Clarifying Its Status and Legacy, Otayemi went on to reaffirm the authenticity and historical credentials of the original club:
“Firstly, Allstars Football Club of Abeokuta is the only recognized and duly registered Allstars Football Club of Abeokuta and the club has been in existence since 1990.
Secondly, Allstars Football Club of Abeokuta is the only All Stars football club from Ogun State to have been duly registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission – RC 144664 and the 1st in Ogun State under the Nigeria Players Union – OG/U001.”
“Thirdly, Allstars Football Club of Abeokuta is the only club amongst Allstars nationwide to have won a State Federation Cup tournament, which we won in 2018 and progressed to the second round of the national Federation Cup tournament same year.”
The club further noted its recognition by key bodies including the NFF, Nigeria Players Union, and Ogun State Government, which allocated its Secretariat within the MKO Abiola Sports Arena, where it holds its regular training and organizes veterans’ tournaments.
Emphasizing its disconnection from the alleged impostors, Otayemi stated unequivocally:
“It is not only strange to see a group of impostors using our name for attention but we are worried about the criminal implications of these actions to our image as a responsible club.”
He added: "Allstars Football Club of Abeokuta is not in any way connected with this group of impostors… and has nothing to do with the organizers or sponsors of the faceless Foundation.”
The club concluded with a stern warning:
> “We are using this medium to sound a note of warning to anyone or group of people to desist from using our name to defraud members of the public… Failure to adhere strictly to this may attract escalation of this persistent negative act to our lawyer for litigations.”
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