The Abia Warriors Post
Squad3 Jan 2028
The knee: Elu Wilson out for 84 days
84 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Abia Warriors lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Squad3 Jan 2028
A fracture rules Fatai Abdullahi out for 33 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Abia Warriors will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match1 Jan 2028
A hiding for Abia Warriors
Beaten 0‑4 by Rangers International, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Market3 Jan 2028
Elu Wilson puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Abia Warriors, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad3 Jan 2028
The season belongs to Ali Ishaku
An individual honour is a strange thing in a team game, and the best of them are never argued with. He has had the sort of year that ends with his name being read out, and Abia Warriors have had the benefit of it.
The dugout3 Jan 2028
Innocent Godwin keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Abia Warriors may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom3 Jan 2028
A new deal for Abdullahi Adeleye
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Boardroom3 Jan 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Abia Warriors
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad3 Jan 2028
A falling-out at Abia Warriors
Somiari Alalibo and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
In brief
- Market Abia Warriors promote Chidera Collins from within
- Market One of our own: Alex Bassey joins the Abia Warriors first team
- Market Abia Warriors promote Alex Umar from within