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Abia Warriors Assistant Coach Resigns

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10 months ago

August 4, 2023

Abia Warriors Assistant Coach Kelvin Ejeh popularly known as “Mouriho” has resigned his appointment with the Umuahia based outfit.

Ejeh who has been with the Umuahia Warriors for almost a decade, starting as a youth team Coach in 2015 League season. He piloted the youth team to a favorable in the NLO 1 League in 2016 and various Laliga U15 tournament. He resigned his appointment on Friday 3 August.

According to him, this is to enable him explore other avenues in his chosen career. He was full of appreciation to the management of Abia Warriors FC for giving him the opportunity to discover himself, and believe this is the time for him to move “in life there is a time for everything. A time to come and a time to go. I believe this is the time for me to go, and I really appreciate my lovely home State team, Abia Warriors, I still remain one of them” he concluded.

‘Mouriho’ prefers to remain silent on his next move, saying “the future will determine. I know that my managers are working, and when they are ready, they will inform me. All I know is that only God determines the future”.

A graduate of the National Institute for Sports, and University of Maiduguri. He holds a CAF license and various certificates of NPFL Laliga course. He was in the Nigeria Army for six years before resigning to pursue his Coaching Career

Ejeh was very visible last season as he stood on the Technical lines when Abia Warriors beat Dakkada FC for the first time in a league, and Doma FC to finished 4th in last NPFL Season.

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Epe Defends eTranzact Title, Pockets N3m Cheque

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18 hours ago

May 18, 2024

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

Francis Epe has won the second eTranzact Golf Classic in Abuja.

Epe, who is the defending champion of the tournament defeated emerged with the best score others to coveted trophy on Friday, May 17, 2024, at the IBB Golf and Country Club.

Epe scored 71, one under par, consecutively on the three days of the event finishing with 213 in total. His score is two shots better Andrew Odoh, who came second, while Ibrahim Ocheje placed third with 220 score.

The champion who went home with N3 million cheque, was thankful to have defended the title and hopefully that he would travel to the United States for a tour in September.

“I am thankful to God that I was able to defend the title. It was tough playing against top players but I had to relax, focus and trust my ability.

“I am thankful to eTranzact and the Professional Golf Developmental (PGD) Tour for opportunities to play. We rarely have tournaments and it isn’t good for our development.

“Hopefully, I will feature in more events before the end of the year. I hope to travel to the U.S for tours in September. I hope I can get a sponsor early enough to achieve that,” Epe added.

Reaching on the success of the event, Niyi Toluwalope, the Managing Director/CEO of eTranzact, congratulated all participants, adding that the event surpassed the expectations of the organizers.

“The future of ETranzact is very bright. I think with the quantity and quality of performance in this edition is a significant increase from what we saw in the first edition.

“We are happy that the investments we made to partner with and support this venture has paid off.

“We are looking forward to next one where we will provide additional resources and ensure the quality remains consistent and get quality feedback like we have received so far,” he said.

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