Gabriel Lekan

Central Defender - Kun Khalifat
29 Aug 2026
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Process

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The Kun Khalifat Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Victor Kelechi asks to leave Kun Khalifat

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets

Barau tell Kun Khalifat: Adamu Ibrahim is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Squad

Tempers go at Kun Khalifat

Hassan Olubode was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Market

Kun Khalifat promote Moses Akinola from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Moses Akinola has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Ebere Ndidi steps up from the Kun Khalifat academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ebere Ndidi has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Leon Omeruo steps up from the Kun Khalifat academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Leon Omeruo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Match

Remo Stars take the points off Kun Khalifat

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad

Gabriel Lekan signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Gabriel Lekan commits to Kun Khalifat for another 4 years.

The dugout

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 0‑1 defeat, delivered by Daniel Adeleye to a room that had heard them before.

In brief