{"id":104118,"date":"2012-05-07T07:15:10","date_gmt":"2012-05-07T07:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2012\/05\/uche-akubuike-joins-enyimba\/"},"modified":"2012-05-07T07:15:10","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T07:15:10","slug":"uche-akubuike-joins-enyimba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/05\/07\/uche-akubuike-joins-enyimba\/","title":{"rendered":"Uche Akubuike joins Enyimba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtnfootball.com\/content\/uche%20akubuike~2.jpg\" width=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Akubuike has moved to Enyimba<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"19\">Experienced Gombe United goalkeeper Uche Akubuike has joined Enyimba for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>MTNFootball.com gathered that Akubuike was considered ahead of Ebele Obi, the older brother of Chelsea star Mikel Obi, who was released at the end of last season by Enugu Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>Akubuike has played in Malaysia and South Africa and has proved to be like the proverbial good wine that gets better with age.<\/p>\n<p>His experience and sharp reflexes have held him in good stead.<\/p>\n<p>He first made major headlines when as a 16-year-old he was picked by Nigeria coach Bora Milutonovic in the build-up to the 1998 World Cup in France.<\/p>\n<p>But he now has a tough ask ahead of him as he has to fight for a first-team place ahead of Paul Godwin, Richard Ochayi and Chinedu Agwu.<\/p>\n<p>Recent blunders by Godwin have handed the first-team shirt to Ochayi.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Akubuike has moved to Enyimba Experienced Gombe United goalkeeper Uche Akubuike has joined Enyimba for the rest of the season. 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