Abia Warriors sun kuduri azumar dawo cikin gasar ƙungiyoyin Afirka, tare da fara kakar 2026/2027 ta Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) a ranar Asabar, 30 Agusta 2026 — kuma Daraktan Wasanni na kulob din, Emeka Ifejiagwa, ya ce sun shirya sosai don cimma wannan buri.

Kulob din zai fara kamfen ɗinsa da Kun Khalifat a Enyimba Stadium, Aba, filinsu na gida da suka karɓa, wanda Ifejiagwa ya bayyana a matsayin sabon kai farmaki na nahiyar.

Darussa daga kakar wahala

Abia Warriors sun kammala matsayi na bakwai a kakar 2025/2026 ta NPFL da maki 55, sakamakon da ya takaita fata na ƙungiya da magoya baya waɗanda suke da gaske na neman matsayi uku na sama a ƙarshen kamfen.

Ifejiagwa, tsohon mai kare Super Eagles wanda ya kuma buga wa Udoji United da Iwuanyanwu Nationale, ya kasance mai faɗin gaskiya game da abin da ya kawo musu cikas. "Mun fara kakar da ta gabata da babbar fata. Mun yi ƙoƙari. Mun ba da duk abin da muke da shi. Amma ta wata hanya, a karshen kakar, raunuka sun zo. Mun shawo kansu, sannan asarar salo ta zo a ƙarshen kamfen," in ji shi.

"Mun farfado da latti amma sai dai, an yi barna. Da da mun doke Kun Khalifat da Warri Wolves, da tabbas mun taɓa hannunmu zuwa ga burinmu na kakar, wato tikitin dawo nahiyar," ya ƙara da cewa.

Daidaituwa tsakanin ƙwarewa da ƙarni

Don magance waɗannan giɓin, kulob din ya sake tsara tawagar sa — yana sallama wasu 'yan wasa daga jerin kakar da ta gabata yayin da suka kawo matasa masu ƙarfi don ƙarfafa tsohuwar runduna.

"Wasu 'yan wasan da muka gabatar a kakar da ta gabata sun tafi. Mun kuma ɗauki masu ƙarfi matasa don maye gurbinsu. Ba za ka iya siye ƙwarewa a kasuwa ba. A lokaci guda, ba za ka iya yin aiki ba tare da ƙarni, ƙarfi, ƙwarewa da saurin gudu ba," in ji Ifejiagwa.

Ya kuma jaddada zurfin ƙwarewa a cikin ma'aikata na fasaha, yana mai nuni da Shugaban Kwamitin Gudanarwa John Obuh — tsohon ɗan wasa da koci — tare da mai ba da shawara na fasaha Imama Amapakabo, Ike Shorunmu, da Bethel Orji a matsayin fitattun mutane a bayan allo.

"Don haka, muna bege da addu'a, yayin da muke ƙoƙarin yin aiki tuƙuru don ingantattun ayyuka a kakar da take zuwa, don mu iya dawo nahiyar kakar mai zuwa," in ji Ifejiagwa.

Gida a Aba

Duk da yin wasa nesa da asalin tushensu, Ifejiagwa bai nuna wata damuwa game da amfani da Enyimba Stadium a matsayin filin gida ba. "Na buga ƙwallon ƙafa a ƙasashe da yawa a Turai. Kuma na fahimci cewa da filin wasa mai kyau da kuma shari'a mai adalci, kowace ƙungiya na iya cin nasara a ko'ina," in ji shi.

Gwamna Dr Alex Otti na Abia State ya ci gaba da tallafa wa kulob din ta kuɗi, inda Ifejiagwa ya yaba wa gwamnan saboda fahimtarsa game da nauyin kuɗi da ke tattare da tsarin kulob din a yanzu.

Kira don VAR a NPFL

Ifejiagwa ya yi amfani da damar don roƙon kwamitin Nigeria Premier Football League Board — karkashin jagorancin Gbenga Elegbeleye da Davidson Owumi — da su gabatar da fasahar Video Assistant Referee (VAR) a gasar ƙoli ta ƙasa.

"Ƙwallon ƙafa babban kasuwanci ne. Babbar masana'antu ce. Kuma ana sa ran masu zuba jari su zo. Da wannan a cikin ido, ina son masu shirya su ga buƙatar gabatar da VAR a gasar mu," in ji shi. "Idan hakan ya faru, masu zuba jari za a ƙarfafa su su zo su zuba kuɗaɗensu."

Yayin da ya yabi ingantaccen mataki na matakin shari'a a kakar da ta gabata, ya lura cewa wasu jami'ai sun kasa cimma mataki da ake bukata — yana mai gardama don fasaha a matsayin kari ga hukuncin ɗan adam.