. Akwa Utd,
FC Ifeanyiubah, Kano Pillars, Wikki Tourists want him

The league
will pay part of the player’s salary as he is expected to use his "star
power" to draw fans to the stadiums.
"Joseph
Yobo to play last 12 #NPFL games this season as League Ambassador signed on by
the LMC," the league body announced on Tuesday.
However, four
clubs in the Nigerian top division, Akwa United, FC Ifeanyiubah, Kano Pillars
and Wikki Tourists, have signified interests in having the former Nigeria
defender in their team.
The Elite
Player Scheme in the NPFL Framework and Rules allows a club in the top division
to sign "a maximum of two players who in the opinion of the LMC will add
value to the league" and Yobo fits the bill as the LMC already views him
as an "ambassador" to help sell the image of the NPFL.
Two seasons
ago, former Nigeria midfielder, Sani Kaita, signed for Enyimba under the same
Elite Player Scheme while Victor Ezeji was forced out of retirement to play for
Heartland last season.
The
35-year-old, only last month, called it quits from the sport in a testimonial
match in Port Harcourt that paraded some of Africa's biggest names like Austin
Okocha, Samuel Eto'o and Nwankwo Kanu.
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