Sand Eagles star leads others to Lagos NPFL Stars

Nigeria beach soccer star Abu Azeez, Super Eagles and Kano Pillars hotshot Junior Lokosa are some of the Nigeria Professional Football League stars expected to feature at the maiden Lagos NPFL Stars tourney, Sportinglife.ng reports.

Also expected at the one-day event tentatively billed for Agege Stadium, a week after the Federations
Cup final include Shedrack Francis (Ranger), Fuad Ekelojuoti (Heartland), Sikiru Alimi and Anthony
Omaka (Sunshine Stars), Jamiu Alimi and Ifeanyi Ifeanyi (Akwa United), Godwin Aguda (Rangers), Tosin
Omoyele (Plateau United), Kabir Balogun (Nasarawa United), Ikenna Hilary (Kano Pillar), Babatunde
Solomon (Yobe Stars), Chukwuma Onuwa and Sikiru Olatunbosun (MFM) etc.

In a chat with SportingLife.ng, Azeez who last featured for Enugu Rangers in the just concluded season
said the aim of the event is to celebrate the stars of the NPFL who are based in Lagos.

“The event is about NPFL players based in Lagos. So as the season has ended, we are waiting for the
Federations Cup to be concluded too so that everybody will come back and play like exhibition game. At
the end of the day, the aim is to be playing it every year in a bigger way so that we can recognize
ourselves and also encourage the upcoming players. Not that our fans will only be seeing us in our
clubs, let us come together once in a while, so that we can give back to our immediate environment.

“As we speak now, we have 42 players that have registered and we are still aiming to add more before we
conclude registration by the end of this week. It is for NPFL players who reside in Lagos. It is not
specifically born in Lagos. You might not be from Lagos State, but you are based in the state. As long
as you are playing in NPFL, you are qualified.

“It’s a day event and we have two options at the moment. I and my colleagues are thinking of the best
ways and one of the ways would be to play against a team on that day. Another option is that we would
play against ourselves. So we are still contemplating on the best way that would make it suitable for
us. Matchroom is our marketing consultant and we are thinking about partnering Cone Sports, Hagai
Sports or Owu Sportswear for the jerseys but we have not concluded yet,” the former 3SC and Enyimba
forward told SportingLife.ng.