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Obanor, who joined the Ochendo Babes from Bendel Insurance of Benin at the beginning of the season, said “bigger” clubs like Enyimba International of Aba and Kano Pillars after watching him play in the All Africa Games qualifiers, wanted him but he decided to pitch his tent with the Umuahia-based outfit for personal reasons.

In a letter of apology signed by the team Captain, Chima Uluocha, and addressed to the Chairman of the club, Chief Emeka Inyama, the players took responsibility for the losses and regretted the valuable points they lost in the process

In a Save-Our-Soul letter signed by the Secretary of Abia Warriors FC, Oliver Ndife, and sent to the Chief Operating Officer of LMC, Salihu Abubakar, the club referred to its earlier correspondence on the matter, to which it has not received an answer and urged the LMC to relocate the Week 2 encounter in order to secure the lives of officials and players, who would attend the game

Presenting the boots to the Chairman of Abia Warriors, Chief Emeka Inyama, in Umuahia, Ibe, who is one of the patrons of the club, said he was motivated to make the donation as a way of complementing government’s efforts towards the funding of the club

The management board has put plans in place to beef-up the squad with the recruitment of quality players to fill some weak positions in the team that was on parade last season in the Nigeria National League cadre in order to match the tough oppositions in the premiership division