Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC is a Nigerian association football club from

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. They were promoted to the

Nigeria Premier League The Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) (formerly the Nigeria Professional Football League) is the highest level of club football in Nigerian football league system. The Nigerian Premier League has suffered like many others, from the financ ...

at the end of the 2009–10 season. They played their debut season's home games in

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and

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while the

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was being renovated. They were put up for sale in July 2011 and bought by outgoing

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governor

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for 250,000,000

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, making them and JUTH F.C. the only Premier League teams that are not state-owned. In 2011, the team was renamed from Bukola Babes to ABS (Abubakar Bukola Saraki) FC. In 2016, the team returned to the

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Notable players

* Alalade Wasiu * Adeshina Gata * Adeleye Tobi Joshua * Abdulrahman Bashir * Lordson Ichull * Effiom Otu Bassey *

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* Monday Samuel * Thomas Zenke * Abdullahi Oyedele * Pascal Chimdindu Anorue

References

External links

Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC
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