Kwara United Back In NPFL After Acquiring Delta Force Slot

By Obaseki Anthony on November 28, 2019

After just a match in the 2019/2020 Nigeria National League (NNL), Kwara United Football Club are back in the elite league, with the acquisition of the slot of Delta Force Football Club in the top flight.

Delta Force officially acquired Kada City of Kaduna State before the start of the current Premier League season, and feared they might find it difficult adjusting to the rhythm in the top flight, hence the decision to sell the slot to Kwara United.

The deal was sealed yesterday, Wednesday, November 27, 2019 after thorough discussions between the management of the two sides in Delta State, with the General Manager of Kwara United, Bashir Badawiy, leading the club’s delegation to the talks.

Confirming the development to journalists in Ilorin yesterday evening, Kwara United’s Chairman, Clement Olakumbi Titiloye, said they are fully aware of the challenges of doing so, adding that it’s a development that the stakeholders would also want to support.

Titiloye therefore commended the State Government under the leadership of Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for the support and encouragement, calling on stakeholders to adjust to the latest system and challenge.

“We are conscious of the challenges that will come with this massive decision, but we know it’s a situation that is redeemable, as the NPFL is just starting,” he said.

Delta Force are currently in the 17th position on the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) table with four points after five matches, winning just a game, drawing one and losing three matches, and with minus five goal difference.

Kwara United FC got relegated at the end of last season, and were drawn in Group A2 of the on-going NNL alongside Niger Tornadoes, FC Taraba, Sokoto United, El-Kanemi Warriors, Gombe United, Yobe Desert Stars, Rarara FC, Mighty Jets, EFCC and Real Stars. They played their first match against Gombe United FC in Ilorin, which they won by a lone goal.

The team will continue from Week Six, after formal registration of the club following the take-over.

•PHOTO: L-R; Chairman of Delta State Sports Commission, Chief Tonobok Okowa, General Manager of Kwara United FC, Bashir Badawiy, Executive Secretary of the Club Owners Association of Nigeria, Alloy Chukwuemeka, Director General Delta State Sports Commission, Chief Victor Onogagamue, representative of Delta FA, and others during the sealing of the take-over of Delta Force’s NPFL slot by Kwara United . . . on Wednesday in Asaba

Source Daily Sports

Posted November 28, 2019


 

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