The Abia Warriors Post
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Abia Warriors
Chukwuemeka Obioma 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.
Market12 Oct 2026
Abia Warriors promote Bright Ajayi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Bright Ajayi 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.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: Odion Ihenacho joins the Abia Warriors first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Odion Ihenacho is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Oct 2026
One of our own: David Simon joins the Abia Warriors first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Simon is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market12 Oct 2026
Abia Warriors promote Akinkunmi Amoo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Akinkunmi Amoo 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Somiari Alalibo signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Somiari Alalibo commits to Abia Warriors for another 3 years.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Ugochukwu David
“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.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Suraju Lawal gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Suraju Lawal is on it.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Chindi Merpring wants out of the dugout
“I did not sign to watch. Nobody does.” The oldest complaint in the game, and Abia Warriors will have to answer it with minutes or with a move.
In brief
- The dugout Fatai Abdullahi knocks on the manager's door
- Squad Kelvin Ihunwo has settled at Abia Warriors
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Samuel Ogunjimi