Uche Nwokeji Returns to El-Kanemi Warriors on New Contract
By Jeff Onuegbu
MAIDUGURI, Borno State — Nigerian goalkeeper Uche Nwokeji has secured a new contract with El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club of Maiduguri, marking a return to the NPFL side and another chapter in his professional football career.
The development has been greeted with excitement by supporters, friends and members of his community, who have celebrated the goalkeeper as “one of our own.”
Nwokeji, who plays as a goalkeeper, is not new to El-Kanemi Warriors. Available football records show that he previously featured for the Maiduguri-based club, including during the 2022/23 Nigeria Professional Football League season. Transfermarkt lists him among El-Kanemi Warriors’ goalkeepers for that campaign, while BeSoccer records an NPFL appearance for the club in May 2023.
His career has also taken him through several Nigerian clubs. Earlier records show that Nwokeji was recruited by Heartland from Supreme Court FC ahead of the 2014/15 season. Vanguard reported at the time that he was among the goalkeepers signed by the Owerri-based club.
He subsequently featured for Adamawa United, before joining Wikki Tourists in April 2021. Football databases also list him as a goalkeeper for Wikki Tourists during the 2021/22 campaign.
Nwokeji later moved to Bayelsa United, where available records show him in the club's squad and transfer history. Match records also identify him as a Bayelsa United goalkeeper during the 2023 season.
His return to El-Kanemi Warriors therefore represents a homecoming of sorts to a club where he has previously been registered and gained NPFL experience.
While available public databases confirm his previous association with El-Kanemi Warriors, details such as the exact duration, financial terms and commencement date of the reported new contract were not independently available in the sources reviewed. The report of the new deal is therefore presented based on the information supplied for this story.
The development comes as El-Kanemi Warriors continue preparations for another campaign in Nigerian professional football. The Maiduguri club remains one of the established teams in the country's football landscape and has represented Borno State in the top flight for several seasons.
For Nwokeji, the new deal provides another opportunity to compete at the highest level of domestic football and strengthen his reputation as an experienced Nigerian goalkeeper.
Friends and supporters have continued to congratulate him on the move, describing the return as a source of pride and wishing him success in his new chapter with the Maiduguri-based club.
Publicly available records confirm that Uche Nwokeji is a Nigerian goalkeeper and that he has previously represented El-Kanemi Warriors. Records also trace his career through Supreme Court FC, Heartland, Adamawa United, Wikki Tourists and Bayelsa United. However, the precise terms of the 2026 new contract could not be independently verified from an official El-Kanemi Warriors announcement available at the time of publication.
