Rives Angels of Port Harcourt have explained their reasons behind the decision to sign Cameroonian midfielder, Brigitte Omboudou, as the club’s general manager, Matilda Otuene disclosed that they need to add more depth to the squad for the hurdles ahead of them, megasportsarena.com reports.
While also hinting that more signings will follow the recent arrivals of Omboudou and Chiamaka Okwuchukwu, Otuene stressed that The Pride of Rivers have to keep beefing up their squad, as they look to reinvigorate the team ahead of the maiden CAF Women’s Champions League.
With the novel elite women clubs’ competition set to take place in Egypt this November, Otuene added that the Nigerian flag bearers cannot afford to take the upcoming challenge with levity, hence their move for Omboudou and Okwuchukwu, a young forward from Royal Queens WFC.
The 16-year-old Okwuchukwu is top striker, who had an amazing season with Royal Queens before joining Delta Queens of Asaba on a short-term loan for the Nigerian Women Football League (NWFL) Super 6 in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, where she scored four goals in five matches.
On the other hand, Omboudou is a 26-year-old midfielder and silver medalist with Cameroon’s Indomitable Lionesses at the 2015 Africa Games in Brazzaville, Congo, who has previously played for Delta Queens in the NWFL.
A press statement by Rivers Angels, who recently secured a spot in the CWCL after reaching the final of the West Africa Football Union (WAFU) B qualifiers in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, revealed: “We are happy to announce the signing of former Royal Queens top striker, Chiamaka Okwuchukwu and Cameroonian International, Brigitte Omboudou (midfielder) from Amazone FAP FC for the 2021/2022 season.”
Otuene added: “We are definitely going to bring in a few more players in the coming days. We want a situation where our bench will be as good as the starting lineup.
“The current COVID situation in the world could affect your plans if you record positive cases just like we saw in Abidjan and that alone affected some programmes.”
