By Our Correspondent

Former national Olympic Team coach, Imama Amapakabo was Wednesday unveiled by Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL side Abia Warriors as their new coach on a two-year contract, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report.

The unveiling ceremony which held at the Umuahia Township Stadium, was anchored by the Club Secretary Ebere Esiaba and Sporting Director Patrick Ngwaogu, saw the elated Coach expressing confidence on the ability of the Umuahia wardlords in making maximum impact in the league next season.

Imama who signed a two year contract with the Umuahia team, promised to work tirelessly with every Abians to lead the team to glory in the new season. He said that the task of taking Abia Warriors Football Club to the next level, is a collecting one. He called for the support of all to ensure that the team achieve its heart desires.

It could be recalled that Imama Amapakabo handled Rangers International of Enugu to its first League win in 2016 after 34 years.

He was the Assistant Coach to the Super Eagles to the last 2018 Senior World cup in Russia.

Imama led Super Eagles home team that could not performed unimpressively at the WAFU Cup as well as failing to qualify for the 2020 CHAN tournament in Cameroon which was postponed till 2021 due to COVID-19.

Despite having array of stars at his disposal, he also failed to qualify the U-23 Olympic Team to the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.