By Gbenga Sodeinde
Heritagenewsng reports that Less than 24 hours after Ekiti United fc secured the famous qualification for the NNL Super 8, the team has attracted national recognition and will soon rub shoulders with the biggest teams in Nigerian football.
This follows invitation to the Rivers United football club’spre-season tourney scheduled to hold at a yet to be decided date.
The pre-season tourney is to prepare all particapting teams ahead of the African Club football competitions and the NNL Super 8 coming up soon.
According to the organizers, all the invited teams have been notified of logistics requirement as each team will cater for its players feeding, accomodation and transportation while the host will only provide training facilities.
The date of the pre-season tourney will however be based on the programs of each team as all of them have to jointly decide.
According to the secretary of Rivers United, Ahmed Abdul-Rahman, the Invited teams include Akwa United, Enyimba international, Abia Warriors, Bayelsa United , Shooting Stars, Gombe United, Niger Tornadoes, DMD Fc, Insurance of Benin and Remo stars.