Kogi United Appoint Ishaya Jatau Head Coach

The management of Kogi United FC has announced former Nigeria Premier League top scorer, Ishaya Jatau as the new Head Coach for the new NNL season.

Chairman of the Club, Abdul Sule while unveiling the former Inwanyanwu Nationale striker in Lokoja on Wednesday disclosed that the appointment of Jatau became necessary as the club wouldn’t give room for any vacuum after the departure of Fatai Osho last week.

Abdul Sule expressed optimism in Jatau’s technical abilities to turn the fortune of the club around just as he promised the management commitment for the need support.

“We have been on search for a better coach for us to continue where we stopped with Fatai Osho, I want to tell you that the man new man here was agreed on after a thorough considerations on the applications before us, and I’m sure he will give what we need for the club to get to greater heights and achieve our targets in the coming season.

“Ishaya Jatau is a well known name among the football families in Nigeria and outside, he’s proved his worth as a player, he’s doing a wonderful job as a coach with clubs he’s handled and we are optimistic he would do great things,positively with us, all we need to give him the best if support and pray for Kogi United to excel,” said Sule.

The Chairman of the Confluence state team however called for the support of all football stake holders for the team to achieve greatness in the upcoming Nigeria National League, NNL season.

The 46 year old Jatau has also coached clubs like Heartland FC, Kaduna United, Ranchers Bees, Mighty Jets and DSS FC of Kaduna and others.