Nine-time Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) champions, Enyimba FC, have confirmed the release of 22 players from their squad ahead of the 2025/2026 season, with former Super Eagles striker, Brown Ideye, headlining the list.
Brown Ideye’s exit comes weeks after he criticised the club over poor welfare. The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations winner alleged that Enyimba owed outstanding match bonuses, paid players as little as ₦7,000 daily for meals during away matches, and relied heavily on road transport for trips.
“Because I get money, I should not ask for the one I worked for? Please pay me and the players last season’s match bonuses. @EnyimbaFC, the season ended in May; till now, nothing,” Ideye posted on 𝕏.
Speaking further on a podcast, he added: “If we had a game on Sunday and travelled on Friday, they’d pay ₦7,000 for Friday and Saturday, but on match day, Sunday, you’re on your own.”
Full List of Enyimba’s Departing Players
The full list of released players includes:
– Imo Prince Ikemdinachi
– Musa Usman Babalolo
– Innocent Gabriel
– Nelson Michael
– Alade Muyiwa Balogun
– Nnachi Chidiebere
– Chisom Ejio
– Junior Lokosa
– Fatai Abdullahi
– Imo Obot Udo
– Umeh Gozie
– Olufemi Opeoluwa
– Somiari Orinate Alalibo
– Chidera Eze
– Ukadiike Chiemerie Divine
– Augustine Onyemaechi
– Gideon Peter
– Tobias Orkuma
– Leonard Obinna
– Brown Ideye
– Ani Ozoemena
– Elijah Akanni
Some of the players have already been spotted in the camps of rival clubs, with captain Somiari Alalibo and defender Imo Obot among those linked with new sides ahead of the new season.
Enyimba also confirmed that three youngsters, Obichere Wisdom Odinaka, Purpose Ahubaraezemma, and Samuel Buah Nuako, have been loaned to newly promoted Kun Khalifat FC.
The Aba giants will kick off their 2025/2026 NPFL campaign on August 24 with an away game against Barau FC in Kano, before hosting Niger Tornadoes and Nasarawa United in back-to-back fixtures at the Enyimba Stadium.
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