By Daily Sports on May 13, 2017
Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) FC have announced the elevation to the main squad of two players from the youth team that recently won the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Under-15 Promises tournament.
One other player from their youth squad and four other new players were also brought in to complete their mid-season transfer window activities.
The club's media disclosed that team's director of football, Alloy Chukwuemeka announced the development in Ilorin where he explained that the players have been signed based on merit to complement the effort of others at the club.
The duo of forward, Okoromi David and midfielder, Olusegun Olakunle were moved to the ABS main squad following their performance at the recently concluded junior league organised by the League Management Company (LMC).The third youth player, Ogbodo Chidi was however not in the squad that participated in the NPFL U-15 tournament.
Olakunle won the Most Valuable Player at the tournament and has been assigned jerseys number 37 while Okoromi will wear jersey number 38. ABS thus become the first club to integrate their youth player into the main squad after the tournament which only held for the first time.
Chukwuemeka said new players brought into the club from other clubs include Deemua Best, a midfielder who joined from Rivers United, Akinbo Oluwasegun from Ikorodu United, Orji Ejike from FC Abuja and Mudasir Nurudeen, a goalkeeper from Kaduna United.
Source Daily Sports
Posted May 13, 2017
You may also like...
Man Utd Set For Talks With Cavani
Eagles AFCON list: NPFL players rue exclusion, Peseiro...
AS Roma Handed Suspended Stadium Closure
Neymar Joins Ronaldo, Romario In Elite Goalscoring Club...
Mo Farah defends 10,000m title in London
Qatar 2022 Top 10 goals

AFCON 2025 highlights: World-class stadiums, VAR drama, record attendance
Oliseh slams Osimhen for costing Eagles’ AFCON trophy
3000 athletes, officials for Niger Delta Games in Edo
AFCON refs not up to standard – Henry
AFCON 2025: Akor Adams’ goal named among CAF’s top five
Joshua won’t want driver in jail – Uncle
NOC's Gumel hails Super Eagles' Triumph of Character, Transformation to secure AFCON bronze medal
Significant milestone as Nigeria's Gumel welcomes Oyedeji into IOC
AFCON 2025 Final: CAF Referees' Committee On Trial
Regragui slams referee for poor final officiating
Senegal team returns home, presents AFCON trophy to President
FULL LIST: 10 players who missed crucial penalties on football's biggest stages
Rangers International going, going . . . (63,488 views)
Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (54,781 views)
Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (52,675 views)
Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (52,342 views)
Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (52,270 views)
Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (52,183 views)
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (52,045 views)
NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (51,601 views)
Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (50,780 views)
Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (49,307 views)
Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (47,700 views)
John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (47,166 views)