Udoh rejoins Enyimba, as Thomas pleads for more security at match venues

SUPER Eagles’ striker and last season’s top goal scorer in the Glo Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), Mfon Udoh, says he has finally returned to Enyimba after his move overseas fell through, reports footballlive.ng.

 Udoh said he will hopefully attempt to move again to an European club in the summer transfer window.

“Now I’m back at Enyimba, the move did not work out but maybe I will try again when the transfer window opens this summer,” he said.

  Udoh rose to prominence when he scored 23 goals for Enyimba of Aba last season, a feat that erased the 20-goal record set by Jude Aneke of Kaduna United in 2011.

  Udoh, a product of Akwa Ibom Youth Football Development Programme, graduated to the elite league in 2013 when he joined Akwa United and proved his worth to advance to Enyimba the same year.

  Udoh is also the first player to score over 35 league goals in two seasons in Nigeria. He scored 38 goals in the regular league and three in cup competitions, for a total of 41 goals in his first 2 professional league seasons 2012-2014.

  Meanwhile, Enyimba goalkeeper, Femi Thomas, has called for adequate security to be put in place to really see the best from the Nigerian referees in the domestic league.

  Thomas posited that the referees have need to be assured of their safety to get them function better when in matches of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL).

“I want to say that the organizers of the domestic league should really look into the need for referees to have adequate security arrangements because that will give them the confidence to perform without fear or favour,” he said.