Former Nigeria international Ahmed Garba 'Yaro Yaro' has been appointed as the acting head coach of Kano Pillars, the club announced on Friday.
Yaro Yaro has been appointed as the replacement for Kadiri Ikhana, who resigned from his post on Monday.
On Thursday, the club appointed Ibrahim Musa as the new acting head coach pending the arrival of a new Technical Advisor, and have moved to appoint former youth coach Yaro Yaro as interim head coach.
"Ahmed Garba (Yaro Yaro) has been elevated to the Senior Team of Kano Pillars as the Acting Chief Coach," the club wrote on their official @pillarsfc Twitter handle.
The four-time league champions have endured a difficult start to what ought to have been a good season, and they currently sit 13th in the Nigeria Professional Football League table, 11 points adrift of leaders Plateau United.
Yaro Yaro was a member of the Super Eagles squad under Bora Milutinovic that won the 1998 Carlsberg Cup four-nation tournament in Hong Kong, prior to the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
He netted a goal in two matches at the tournament. During a nomadic playing career he enjoyed three stints at Pillars, and also featured for Club Africain, Enyimba and Akademisk Boldklub.