The Plateau United Sentinel
Squad3 Jan 2028
The knee: Okiemute Odah out for 79 days
79 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.
Market3 Jan 2028
Gimba Ajiji hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Plateau United can pretend not to have heard.
The dugout3 Jan 2028
Jonathan Okechukwu: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Plateau United have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Boardroom3 Jan 2028
Emmanuel Olayinka signs on for the long haul
Plateau United moved before anybody else could: a new deal for Emmanuel Olayinka, agreed quietly and announced loudly. Boards extend managers for many reasons; the good one is the one this looks like.
Squad3 Jan 2028
Gideon Monday 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.
Boardroom3 Jan 2028
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Plateau United
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.
Transfer targets3 Jan 2028
Door shut on Flávio Silva
Plateau United asked and Orlando Pirates said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Match1 Jan 2028
A bad afternoon for Plateau United against Ikorodu City
1‑2 to Ikorodu City, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market3 Jan 2028
One of our own: Ebere Abacha joins the Plateau United first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ebere Abacha is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Plateau United promote John Awaziem from within
- Market One of our own: Ikechukwu Simon joins the Plateau United first team
- Squad Yahaya Ibrahim out for 27 days