Champions League: Ojobo, Okorowanta Signed by Warri Wolves to Boost Club

Warri Wolves have signed Enyimba duo of Markson Ojobo and Bernard Okorowanta ahead of their CAF Champions League campaign and the Nigerian domestic competitions, according to a top official of the Seasiders. Ojobo had been earlier linked with Sunshine Stars before Warri Wolves snapped him up while Okorowanta, a former junior international, was signed after the Seasiders beat interests from Akwa United and Nasarawa United. Club chairman Moses Etu said that they were delighted to have the two former Enyimba players join the side ahead of a two-legged crucial Champions League tie against Sao Tome and Principe side, Sporting Praia Cruz, next month and the forthcoming Super Four and other competitions lined up in Nigeria. Etu heaped praise on Okorowanta and on Okiki Omonefe, another new signing on their impressive outing during the training session on Monday evening. He added that former Nigeria U17 goalkeeper, Dele Ajiboye has been coping well in camp since he was signed too. “We have signed Ojobo and Okorowanta while Dele Ajiboye and Okiki Omonefe have also added to the new players that have moved to Warri Wolves. We are hoping that their addition would bring about the needed change in the team this season. It is our desire to excel in all the competitions we have entered for. “The glimpses we have got since the training camp commenced have given us reasons to be optimistic that good days are here again,” Etu told Goal. Warri Wolves came in a clear second behind NPFL Champions Enyimba in the league last season with 66 points from 38 matches and are representing Nigeria in the lucrative CAF Champions League this year after playing in the second tier Confederation Cup for over three years without advancing to the group stages. “We’ve not been communicated by Heartland if they want Obadiah,” Prince Anthony Obaseki, Media Officer of El-Kanemi Warriors was quoted as saying.