Nigeria: Enyimba - is the Tide Changing Under Orji?

25 October 2009

The first place I saw (yes, we have never met) Orji Uzor Kalu was at Enyimba Stadium in one of Enyimba Int'l FC matches. Then he was not the governor of Abia State. The Supporters' Club then drummed their lives out each match Orji was a spectator because he gave them lavish monetary support. That was passion for football by a businessman who believed the measure you give in sports is the measure you receive.

Before 1999, Falcons and later Enyimba struggled to exist in the Amateur league. By stroke of policy fate they transited to the Professional league and later the Premiership. The name Falcon or Enyimba did not mean anything. They thus became the shade of clubs in English Premiership that participated every year without a shield.

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