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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Fans will watch the oriental derby between Enyimba and Heartland in Aba on Thursday for free.<\/p>\n

The People\u2019s Elephant disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The home fans are expected to turn up in the colours of the club to help chant the team to victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Management of Enyimba FC under the able leadership of King Kanu Papilo\u2019 Nwankwo has magnanimously approved a free gate to all fans for the Thursday\u2019s NPFL Oriental Derby between Enyimba FC and Heartland FC at the Enyimba Int\u2019l Stadium, Aba,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll fans are by this release expected to turn up in good time with their Blue or White Jersey to dominate and fully reflect the People\u2019s Elephant spirit for a victorious outing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Enyimba have failed to record a win in their last three games across all competitions.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Fans will watch the oriental derby between Enyimba and Heartland in Aba on Thursday for free. The People\u2019s Elephant disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. The home fans are expected to turn up in the colours of the club to help chant the team to victory. \u201cThe Management of Enyimba FC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":148090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[1656,11786,254,579],"class_list":["post-148091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-enyimba","tag-heartland","tag-nigeria","tag-npfl"],"yoast_head":"\nNPFL: Enyimba throws gate open for oriental derby vs Heartland - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fans will watch the oriental derby between Enyimba and Heartland in Aba on Thursday for free. 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