Jonathan Okechukwu

Defensive Midfielder - Plateau United
12 Nov 2027
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63 Edition

The Plateau United Sentinel

11 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Match11 Oct 2027

Plateau United up to position 3

70 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.

The dugout11 Oct 2027

Gideon Monday gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad11 Oct 2027

Ossy Martins in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Plateau United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad11 Oct 2027

Jonathan Okechukwu stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Jonathan Okechukwu and Plateau United agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad11 Oct 2027

A row about effort at Plateau United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Silas Nenrot was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout11 Oct 2027

Gimba Ajiji asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market11 Oct 2027

The Gimba Ajiji story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Gimba Ajiji signs something — a contract at Plateau United or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Squad11 Oct 2027

Daniel Aboh: “I am not a substitute”

“I have done everything asked of me in training and it has not changed a thing on a Saturday.” The most familiar complaint in football, and one Plateau United will have to answer with minutes or with a transfer.

The dugout11 Oct 2027

Albert Hilary has been promised minutes

A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Albert Hilary has written the date down.

In brief

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61 Edition

The Plateau United Sentinel

27 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings27 Sep 2027

A defender's goal wins it for Plateau United — 7.56

1 for Jonathan Okechukwu, marked 7.56, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.

Market27 Sep 2027

Domnan Panse has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Plateau United they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Player ratings27 Sep 2027

Paul Odeh beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Match25 Sep 2027

Plateau United find a way past Kun Khalifat

Kun Khalifat made Plateau United work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad27 Sep 2027

Words exchanged at Plateau United

Ossy Martins and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad27 Sep 2027

A row about effort at Plateau United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Amos Aliyu was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout27 Sep 2027

A satisfied Isaac Akinola

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 1‑0, Isaac Akinola could afford to be generous.

The dugout27 Sep 2027

The manager makes an example of Godfrey Selchum

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Looking ahead27 Sep 2027

Gimba Ajiji goes back to face Katsina United

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Gimba Ajiji’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Plateau United needing him to play as if none of it matters.

In brief

11 Edition

The Plateau United Sentinel

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad12 Oct 2026

The knee: Henry Udeh out for 23 days

23 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Plateau United lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Real improvement from Jonathan Okechukwu at Plateau United

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Jonathan Okechukwu is 23, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Words exchanged at Plateau United

Victor Dawa and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Loan watch12 Oct 2026

Domnan Panse counts the days

“I watch every Plateau United game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Berekum Chelsea runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

The dugout12 Oct 2026

Victor Dawa knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Plateau United, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Squad12 Oct 2026

Dickson Ibrahim falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

In brief