Tuesday 24 October 2017

Wikki Tourists release Nwabulu, Ajoku, 8 others

.30 players attend screening
By Akanni Olawale

The management of Wikki Tourists of Bauchi has released 10 players out the squad registered for the 2016/2017 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season, Sportinglens.blogspot.com reports.


According to the club’s General Manager, Auwalu Baba Jada, three key members of the squad goalkeeper Emeka Nwabulu, Chukwudi Samuel and Emenike Onuoha were placed on the transfer market while the management refused to renew the contract of the remaining seven players who were on loan at the club.

The remaining seven players include Lukman Haruna, Victor Yakubu, Anyanwu Nnameka, Ajoku Chidebere Ismail Bagayan, Ahmed Male and Gambo Gideon.

The Big Elephants, who qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup in 2015/2016 season, struggled last season and managed to escape the relegation to the lower division through the help of the team’s rescue Committee led by Baba Jada.  

Sportinglens.blogspot.com understood that over 30 players attended the team’s screening exercise which started on Tuesday.
The club had their training session at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University training pitch on Monday while they conducted Tuesday training at the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi.

The screening was supervised by the team’s technical adviser Bala Nikyu , Chief coach Mangwut, Patrick Pascal MON and Umar Ilelah.


“Our intention is to get it right this time around by recruiting best leg for the team,” Baba Jada said to Sportinglens.blogspot.com.  

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