By Akeem Lawal
NIGER Tornadoes began a week-long closed-door camping in
Kontagora on Saturday in preparations for the new Nigeria Professional Football
League season 2017/2018.
Head Coach Abubakar Bala informed SportingLife that the
choice of camping at the northwestern Niger state is to get the team familiar
with grass pitch as they will be playing their home games at the newly renovated
Bako Kontagora Stadium in Minna.
Bala said the Ikon Allah boys will leave for Kaduna for
Shehu Dikko preseason tournament before proceeding to Ilorin, Kwara State to
participate in the Gold Cup preseason championship.
“We decided to do our camping in Kontagora because of the
facilities. The place has grass, not synthetic and you know the stadium in Minna
that we are going to use for our home games next season is also grass.
“We will use the camping to assess the new players we
invited. Most of them are here already, we are only expecting two.
“We will next week proceed to Kaduna for the Shehu Dikko
preseason tournament from 5th to 12th before going for Gold Cup in
Ilorin,” Bala told SportingLife.
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