By Our Correspondent

Nigeria National League, NNL side, Elkanemi Warriors of Maiduguri has dropped 7 players as the club prepares for the 2020/2021 season, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report.

According a release Friday by the club and signed by its media officer, the decision was reached after a meeting between the club’s management and coaches on Thursday adding that more players will be shown the exit door after more analyses of the team.

The incoming Chairman the club, Alhaji Sheriff Bukar directed the Technical Crew of the team to drop/loan out players that are not needed by the team for the upcoming football season.

The directive was given on Thursday in a consultative meeting with the club coaches in Maiduguri as part of his efforts to rejuvenate the Borno Ambassadors to have a solid team that can gain promotion at the end of the season.

The Technical adviser, Coach Babaganaru has already given the chairman a list of seven players with more names to be given after further assessment by the Warriors gaffer.

The coach has invited some prominent footballers which Elkanemi intends to finally release their names along with the additional players that will be drop soon.

After the appointment of the incoming board of Elkanemi Warriors, by the Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum the hope of supporters of the team was rekindled and without waste of time the Chairman and his team started some concrete moves to come up with a formidable squad in conjunction with the technical men.

The release further noted that all dropped players according to the Chairman Alhaji Sheriff will bid the club good bye, having collected their September salaries. “Prompt payment of salary, is a known tradition of the Government of Professor Babagana Umara Zulum which has done creditably well by paying the salaries of players and officials of Elkanemi even in the face of the COVID-19 Pandemic” The chairman proudly emphasized. The Warriors Chairman who is currently making wider consultations is scheduled to meet various stakeholders next week with a view to further cementing the existing cordial relationships between them and the club