The Abia Warriors Post
Player ratings22 Feb 2027
A brace, and Azubuike Casmir takes the afternoon — 8.10
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Azubuike Casmir provided it, and the 8.10 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Match20 Feb 2027
Still nobody has beaten Abia Warriors
The unbeaten run reaches 10. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market22 Feb 2027
Nmecha Johnson is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Abia Warriors is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Tempers go at Abia Warriors
Chukwuemeka Obioma 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.
The terraces22 Feb 2027
One of their own: Chidiebere Nnachi
He is 23 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.
Match20 Feb 2027
Azubuike Casmir sends Abia Warriors past Nasarawa United
It finished 2‑0, and it was Azubuike Casmir’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Abia Warriors.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Suraju Lawal signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Suraju Lawal and Abia Warriors agree another 3 years.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words at Abia Warriors training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Amarachi Lawrence is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Nnamdi Osayi-Samuel: “That is the standard”
“That is what I want every week. Not the result, the way they went about it.” The manager, after 2‑0, already talking about the next one.
In brief
- The dugout Chibuikem Obiezechukwu gets it from the manager
- Looking ahead A reunion for David Bethel
- Player ratings Effimi Nsi was immovable