Only Gombe United FC has arrived Aba for Super 8 Tournament

January 4, 2019

By Ijendu Iheaka

The Super 8 tournament scheduled to hold in Aba on Saturday, Jan.5 may face a big challenge as only Gombe United has arrived Aba for the matches.

Our reporter learnt that apart from the Gombe-based club which arrived Aba on Thursday, no other club had arrived the city.

A staff of the Enyimba FC Stadium, Aba, Enyinnaya Joseph told our reporter that the club was the only one that had on arrival reported to the stadium after which they relocated to their hotel.

He said no other club had reported their presence, adding that the management of the stadium was ready to be a good host to the teams during the matches.

He also said that everything necessary for them to play their games without hitches were on ground and they were ready for the games to start at the Enyimba Stadium on Saturday as scheduled.

The Nigerian National League’s (NNL) request to reschedule the Super 8 tournament from Jan.3 to Jan. 5 was accepted on Monday by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).

The NNL said this was to enable all the eight teams in the tournament to reach Aba for the matches which would determine the best four teams to be promoted to the topflight league.

However, as at Friday afternoon, only Gombe United FC of Gombe had arrived Aba while others were yet to reach the city for the commencement of the tournament.

The other teams expected in Aba are Delta Force FC of Ugheli, Real Stars FC of Zamfara , Shooting Stars FC of Ibadan and, Bendel Insurance FC of Benin.

Others are Remo Stars FC of Sagamu, Kada FC of Kaduna and Kogi United FC of Lokoja.

At the planned initial kick-off of the tournament, only Gombe United FC of Gombe, Delta Force FC of Ugheli, and Real Stars FC of Zamfara made it to Aba for the tournament.