Court fixes date to hear suit against Nigerian football star, Okereke
Court fixes date to hear suit against Nigerian football star, Okereke
ON JANUARY 27, 202012:35 PMIN NEWS
By Henry Ojelu
Justice Femi Adamson of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja has fixed February 3, 2020 for hearing of the suit filed by football agent Henry Ajamah against Nigeria’s international football player and Club Brugge FC, Belgium star, David Okereke.

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Ajamah had late last year dragged the young Nigerian international before the court over an alleged breach of contract.

Ajamah who claims to have picked up the football player from the streets and nurtured him until he became a star, is demanding for his commission from the 8million euro contract fee Okereke was recently paid by Clug Brugge FC.

Joined in the suit as co-defendants are FIFA agent and CEO of Pro One Sports Management Ltd, Ebenezer Itorho, Okereke’s legal guardian Napoleon and father Oke Okereke.


Okereke has not filed a defence to the suit but in a recent online publication, he was quoted to have denied signing any contract with Ajamah.

In his statement of claims, Ajamah averred that sometime in 2013, he came across Okereke who was then an amateur footballer in Lagos and offered to manage and promote his career.

After consultation with Okereke’s guardain and subsequently his father, Ajamah claimed that he took the responsibility of paying him a monthly allowance, buying sporting materials and bearing his training expenses before and during the 2014 Under-17 Camp where he was eventually dropped from the squad by then Coach Emmanuel Amuneke.


In 2014, the claimant averred that Football College Abuja, took the young star for a football exhibition games in Italy and Croatia, where he was spotted by some football scouts and eventually secured a deal with an Italian Football Club, Spezie FC in Serie B Division.

After awhile the claimant averred that Okereke appealed for his assistance for a better deal out of Spezia FC and he (Ajamah) subsequently secured the services of Itorho who resides in Italy to he get the youngster a new club under a 50-50 commission sharing agreement.