Mubaraq Usman

Right Back - Plateau United
21 Nov 2026
Saturday
Process

Marked for Mubaraq Usman

16 Edition

The Plateau United Sentinel

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

A falling-out at Plateau United

Victor Dawa and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Mustapha Abdullahi 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.

The dugout

Yahaya Ibrahim 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.

Squad

Paul Magit has had enough of the bench

“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and Plateau United will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.

The dugout

A door opens for Alex Aghahowa

He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.

The dugout

Mubaraq Usman 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.

In brief