Wikki Tourists new signing Jonathan Zikiye is hopeful of kick-starting
2016/2017 Nigeria Professional Football League season with a victory.
The Big Elephants host Nasarawa United in their league opener slated
for January 15 at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium in Bauchi
and the former Kano Pillars defender said a win over Solid Miners
would be a morale booster to his team.
The former Dolphins FC of Port-Harcourt defender said
he and his teammates have been training hard since resuming training
after their one week Christmas Break to enable them get fit for the game.
“For now we are going through some physical training
after returning from a one week break. We’re trying
to get ourselves ready for the season which is coming
in two weeks time. We hope to get our acts together
before the season starts. No injuries in the team for now.
We are not ready to give everything to the match and
it is possible to get good result against Nasarawa United.
We are working towards getting winning start as a morale booster
to other games ahead,” Zikiye disclosed to SportingLife.