Bendel Insurance FC declares player, Vincent Augustus AWOL.

Bendel Insurance Football Club of Benin declared player Vincent Augustus Absent Without Official Leave (AWOL) on Tuesday.

The young winger has not returned to the camp of the Benin Arsenals since the one-week mid-season break, which was given to all players and officials and has now elapsed.

The club’s secretary, Mr. Charles Ihimekpen, stated that Vincent Augustus has refused to return to the camp since the end of the one-week holiday granted to the players and officials. Ihimekpen wondered why a professional football player with an ongoing contract would stay away without any permission from the management or the head coach.

According to the secretary, Vincent Augustus has not resumed training, the club does not know his whereabouts, and he has not communicated with the club about his situation.

He expressed the club’s disappointment, adding that Augustus’s act of dereliction of duty and refusal to communicate with Bendel Insurance about his whereabouts is unprofessional and amounts to gross indiscipline, which attracts appropriate sanctions.

“One would have expected the player to officially inform the club of his intentions if he has reasons to leave so that both parties can explore the means of mutual agreement on contract termination.

“Nobody wants to tie him down here, and we have never received any complaints from him about any issues affecting his well-being in Benin,” Ihimekpen explained.