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Former Ifeanyi Uba and Abia Warrior coach, Everton Raphael was on Monday unveiled as the new head coach of Akwa United at the Nest of Champions, Uyo.

Paul Bassey assured fans that the new coach will deliver needed result for the Akwa Ibom top football club.

“We needed a foreign coach with Nigerian experience. We need new philosophy and tactics and for the task at hand we cannot afford a coach who would be absent because of national assignments.

“My target is bring trophies for Akwa United, I’ll depend on the players I have to deliver.” Raphael said.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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