NPFL: Kun Khalifat Return To Owerri For Oriental Derby

Kun Khalifat volition big Enyimba of Aba successful Sunday’s NPFL Matchday 8 Oriental Derby astatine the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri. The recently promoted Kun Khalifat person been playing their location matches successful the 2025/2026 NPFL play astatine the Enyimba International Stadium successful Aba. ,

However this fixture against the People’s Elephant has been moved to Owerri, the ancestral location crushed of the Pride of the Imolites, wherever they hosted their 2024/2025 Nigeria National League (NNL) location matches.

Ifeanyi Anaemena, a erstwhile Super Eagles defender and existent Sporting Director of the club, told Completesports.com yesterday.

“Our Matchday 8 location lucifer against Enyimba volition beryllium played astatine the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri,” Anaemena said.

“You’re alert that we’ve been playing our location matches successful Aba since the commencement of the season, but present we’re coming backmost home, starting with this lucifer against Enyimba.” Anaemena described the clash arsenic different large Oriental Derby pursuing their earlier brushwood with Rangers International successful Enugu, which ended successful a draw.
“Yes, it’s an Oriental Derby. We played our archetypal Oriental Derby of the play against Rangers successful Enugu, which ended successful a draw.

“But this time, we’re going to beryllium playing our location matches astatine the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri, having sorted retired everything regarding our location instrumentality with the Imo State Sports Commission, the FA, and each applicable stakeholders. The Kun Khalifat Sporting Director appealed to fans and supporters to travel retired successful ample numbers and backmost the squad to victory.

“We’re truthful appealing to our loyal supporters to unit retired to the stadium and cheer america to victory. They should basal down america truthful we tin marque it a peculiar time to remember.

“We request their support. We privation to marque the Imolites blessed with a bully result, and we request them successful their ample numbers to marque things happen.”