Momodou Musa Sey, son of the late Alhaji Omar Sey, has expressed his family’s delight and gratitude to The Gambia Football Federation (GFF) for remembering his father in the form of a memorial football tournament.
He was speaking on the sidelines of the finals of the competition organised by the GFF in honour of the late baron that was won by Real de Banjul following a 2-1 defeat of Marimoo at the Independence Stadium on Saturday after a pulsating encounter.
“On behalf of the entire family, we are appreciative to the GFF for coming up with this idea and is inevitable that should happen because my late father was so passionate about football. He started as a referee and my believe is that he continued as a referee throughout his life and he did translated that into his personal life because he was a fair, honest and very ethical individual; second to none I have seen,” he eulogised his father.
Sey continue to commend the GFF under the leadership of its President Mr. Lamin Kaba Bajo for recognising his father’s efforts in developing football in Africa and The Gambia in particular. “The entire family really appreciates that the appreciation of my father is been shown to the Gambian people because the appreciation could not be seen by us as the family; we were always on the background we did not see any benefits but they are showing now. It is very nice to see that people appreciate what someone had done especially a father. This event is really appreciated by us and I’m thanking the entire GFF from Bakary Jammeh who my dad always introduced to me as his son,” he added.
Momodou Njie, son of the late Ousainou Njie said Omar Sey was his father’s friend and continued to take care them after the death of Mr. Njie. “We were born and found him and my father as friends and each name a son after the other; that shows you the relationship they had. Alhaji Omar Sey spent his entire life for football and he was supposed to be the CAF President but turned down the opportunity because of national call. I had an opportunity to meet him in Nigeria during the Africa U-17 World Cup and I was surprised with the good treatment I received from CAF went he introduced me as his son. I was lodged in a 5-star hotel and I had a security guard which tells you the respect he was given by CAF. He and my father had football running through their veins. The initiative by the GFF is a good one and it will help the young ones to know those that contributed to the development of football in this country and I thank the entire GFF for naming this tournament after my late dad.”
