₦airaland Forum

shortgun:
So how did the non Igbos currently playing for Rangers got selected and you were rejected?
Do you even know how many Yorubas are currently holding public offices in that same Enugu State?

Very senseless talk

Flangelo12:
Really?
Like who?

ZombieTERROR:
Umar Haliru
Alhaji Gero
Bright Etim
Temitope Olusesi
etc

They even have players from Senegal and Ghana.. I remember goal keeperNana Bonsu

Moses Simon is a fool , Olise was rejected by Chelsea, they didn't renew his contract, well look at him today.. it's football

Flangelo12:
All these people played his position during that period or you're just writing about players that have donned the Rangers shirt?

ZombieTERROR:
No these people are Igbo and they all played Rangers

Have a great day

iwaeda:
Waheed Adebayo, Ibrahim Gberefu played for Rangers.

iLoveYouToo:
Everyone’s story is different.

Tribalism exists everywhere

shortgun:
It doesn't exist anywhere in Igbo land. We treat everyone equally. We do this because we are travellers and we expect same treatment in foreign lands were we reside and do business

Flangelo12:
All these people played his position during that period or you're just writing about players that have donned the Rangers shirt?

iLoveYouToo:
I’m sure Yorubas and Hausas would say the same thing.

Flangelo12:
You say Moses Simon no be good player?

You sabi football?

Kay5252:
This a pure lie by my brother moses
I was in Rangers when he came
Ask him if he still remember Kola Abegunde?
I was a fully player with Rangers that time and I have been with Rangers for like 2 seasons before moses came and he didn't stay 3 months.Rangers will never keep a player more than 1 month in trail's
That he came we have many Hausa self
Musa
Kola
Adah
Umar
Please this moses story is pure lies Rangers sign player base on how good they are

owobokiri:
Get over it..
My cousin have tried to be recruited by Rangers for years but they never signed him. He is at Enugu as we speak, and he is a full blooded igbo btw. ..

That you became a good player later in life, doesn't mean you were good at the time you were with them. Rangers as a club has helped lots of non igbo players to the top.. As at today, a lot of their players and recent managers are not even igbos.

Taribo West is not igbo, he played for Rangers and became a Super Eagles player. The list is endless. Yall should get off the igbo mans dikc..
And to Moses and his cat legs..,Make we hear word ahbegi..

ZUBY77:
Moses Simon, Just tell us you were not food enough. More than half of the current Rangers players are non Igbo boys.

Yugoslavia247:
Moses Simon should mention the player or keep shut

If Ronaldo comes to Man U and garnacho has been with Man U for 3 months but was captain in Lisbon does it mean they will take garnacho!

Secondly what is the wings they were playing

So if a defender is needed they should keep a winger because he is training for 3 months

This guy is not truthful

owobokiri:
Get over it..
My cousin have tried to be recruited by Rangers for years but they never signed him. He is at Enugu as we speak, and he is a full blooded igbo btw. ..

That you became a good player later in life, doesn't mean you were good at the time you were with them. Rangers as a club has helped lots of non igbo players to the top.. As at today, a lot of their players and recent managers are not even igbos.

Taribo West is not igbo, he played for Rangers and became a Super Eagles player. The list is endless. Yall should get off the igbo mans dikc..
And to Moses and his cat legs..,Make we hear word ahbegi..

owobokiri:
Get over it..
My cousin have tried to be recruited by Rangers for years but they never signed him. He is at Enugu as we speak, and he is a full blooded igbo btw. ..

That you became a good player later in life, doesn't mean you were good at the time you were with them. Rangers as a club has helped lots of non igbo players to the top.. As at today, a lot of their players and recent managers are not even igbos.

Taribo West is not igbo, he played for Rangers and became a Super Eagles player. The list is endless. Yall should get off the igbo mans dikc..
And to Moses and his cat legs..,Make we hear word ahbegi..

lagonovo:
This is the inconvenient truth that they hate to admit - they target Yorubas simply because they can't roll over them with lies and victim mentality

1Alex:
Daft statement. How can someone say this in public?

Ai has replied you

Rangers International FC of Enugu has never been an exclusively Igbo team, although it has traditionally had a strong Igbo identity. Over the decades, the club has signed players from many parts of Nigeria.

Current non-Igbo players (2025/26–2026 squad)

Based on the current squad, identifiable non-Igbo players include:

Lucky Jimoh – Goalkeeper (Yoruba, Kwara State)

Abdullateef Ishola – Goalkeeper (Yoruba)

Godwin Asiriuwa – Midfielder (Edo)

There are also a few players whose names do not clearly indicate Igbo origin, but their ethnic backgrounds are not publicly documented, so it would be speculative to classify them.


Notable non-Igbo players who have played for Rangers

Some well-known examples include:

Christian Pyagbara – Bayelsa (Ijaw) – Striker

Godwin Obaje – Benue (Idoma) – Striker and league top scorer

Tope Olusesi – Ogun (Yoruba) – Midfielder

Osas Okoro – Edo – Winger

Ayo Saka – Ogun (Yoruba) – Defender

Bashir Usman – Northern Nigeria – Midfielder

Kabiru Balogun – Northern Nigeria – Defender

Ismaila Gata – Plateau (Berom) – Forward.


Rangers has also had players from Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Edo, Benue, Plateau, Bayelsa, and Yoruba-speaking states at various times, especially since the professional league era began in the 1990s.

Historically, while Rangers was founded as a symbol of post-civil-war Igbo resilience, the club has recruited on merit and has featured successful non-Igbo players for decades.

Eba50:
these people weu no dey play with seriousness to win for national team. see that yohanna zaddok, he will be world best in about 4 years time

owobokiri:
Get over it..
My cousin have tried to be recruited by Rangers for years but they never signed him. He is at Enugu as we speak, and he is a full blooded igbo btw. ..

That you became a good player later in life, doesn't mean you were good at the time you were with them. Rangers as a club has helped lots of non igbo players to the top.. As at today, a lot of their players and recent managers are not even igbos.

Taribo West is not igbo, he played for Rangers and became a Super Eagles player. The list is endless. Yall should get off the igbo mans dikc..
And to Moses and his cat legs..,Make we hear word ahbegi..

soil4soil:
Very good findings, you did a wonderful job. But when it comes to other things negative about other regions hope you will do same as you have done on this.

Dont let it be other way round