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I am honoured and it is a privilege to play under a legend like Frank Lampard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to add that he hopes to play an important part for the team as they look to win promotion to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club\u2019s target is to get the automatic promotion or playoff spot, which I pray that I could be able to play a big part of that by helping them achieve this by God\u2019s grace,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The report from Score Nigeria also contained a picture of him in the club shirt, supporting his quotes stating that he has now joined the club officially.<\/p>\n<p>The defender has been training with Derby recently, and will seemingly come in to provide some much-needed cover for Richard Keogh and Fikayo Tomori. 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