Kun Khalifat FC president Michael Amaefula has announced completely free entry to Dan Anyiam Stadium for Sunday’s Matchday 38 final-day NPFL survival clash against Wikki Tourists, calling on all Imolites to fill the ground and become the 12th player in a match that will decide the club’s top-flight future.
Kun Khalifat FC vs Wikki Tourists | NPFL Matchday 38 | Sunday May 24, 2026 (4pm)
Venue: Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri | Entry: FREE for all fans
Kun Khalifat position: 13th on 46 points after Matchday 37
Coach: Obinna Uzoho | Last result: 2-0 win at Abia Warriors (Matchday 37)
Win = potential safety | Five clubs on 45-46 points fighting to survive
Michael Amaefula wants Dan Anyiam Stadium full on Sunday. The Kun Khalifat FC president and chief executive officer has made the simplest possible gesture to achieve that: he has removed the price of entry entirely. Every fan who walks through the gates of the Owerri venue on Sunday afternoon for the club’s Matchday 38 clash against Wikki Tourists will do so without paying a naira, and in return, Amaefula wants the loudest possible crowd the stadium has hosted this season for the most consequential 90 minutes of Kun Khalifat’s 2025-26 campaign.
“To our incredible fans, supporters, and great Imolites, on behalf of everyone at Kun Khalifat FC of Owerri, I say a heartfelt thank you,” Amaefula said in a personal statement. “From Matchday One of the NPFL 2025/2026 season until now, your energy, loyalty, support, and belief have been the driving force behind our team.” He then made the announcement that has the potential to change the atmosphere of Sunday’s match significantly: entry will be completely free of charge, and the club is asking the Owerri community to fill the stands, make noise, and finish the season strongly and victoriously together.
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What Sunday’s Match Means For Kun Khalifat
Kun Khalifat come into Matchday 38 in 13th place on 46 points, a position that keeps them above the relegation zone but by the slimmest of margins. They are level on points with Remo Stars, Enyimba and Warri Wolves, with Niger Tornadoes one point below on 45. The five-club congestion means that, as with the Warri Wolves and Remo Stars situations covered earlier in this session, the only clean way to guarantee safety is to win. A draw or a defeat could leave Kun Khalifat relegated depending on what happens simultaneously across multiple other venues.
Obinna Uzoho’s side go into the match on the back of the most significant result of their season. Their 2-0 victory away at Abia Warriors in Aba on Matchday 37 was described as a shock upset across the NPFL — as covered in this session’s earlier article about Abia Warriors top scorer Emeka Obioma’s reaction to that defeat, the loss ended the Aba side’s CAFCC hopes and pushed them from a potential continental qualification spot down to seventh. For Kun Khalifat, the same result lifted them above the drop zone and gave the entire club new belief heading into the final day. Readers following all five survival clubs on Sunday can check the Bet9ja YOHAIG Sunday finals code for the best current registration offer.
The Dan Anyiam Stadium As A Fortress
Amaefula’s decision to make Sunday’s match free reflects a specific understanding of what home support at the Dan Anyiam Stadium can mean for a side fighting for survival. The stadium in Owerri, with a capacity that when full creates a significantly different atmosphere to the same venue at half capacity, has not always been packed during Kun Khalifat’s NPFL campaign. Removing the ticket price eliminates the most basic barrier to attendance and invites the broader Imo State football community to participate in what may be the most important football event the state has hosted in years.
The appeal to “great Imolites” in Amaefula’s statement is deliberately broad. He is not simply asking Kun Khalifat’s existing fanbase to come. He is asking the entire state’s football community to treat Sunday’s match as a collective cause. In the NPFL’s survival battles, the home crowd genuinely functions as a 12th player in the way Amaefula describes, creating pressure, amplifying every Kun Khalifat attack, and making the opposition’s task of holding their defensive shape more difficult across 90 minutes of accumulated noise.
Wikki Tourists: The Context Of The Opponents
Wikki Tourists of Bauchi were confirmed as relegated from the NPFL before Matchday 38, meaning they arrive in Owerri on Sunday without any survival stakes of their own. As covered in this session’s earlier reporting, Wikki’s relegation is one of the more significant sporting losses for Nigerian football given the club’s historical status as one of the founding clubs of the professional era in 1990. But their lack of stakes does not mean they will simply concede three points to Kun Khalifat. A relegated side playing out their final top-flight match of the season against a host side desperate to win is a match with specific psychological dynamics that Uzoho’s team will need to manage from the first whistle.
The free-entry crowd that Amaefula is attempting to assemble will be Kun Khalifat’s best tool for managing those dynamics. A packed Dan Anyiam Stadium with nothing to lose financially and everything to gain emotionally is the kind of atmosphere that can transform a nervous home performance into a confident one early in the match, and early goals in survival football are worth considerably more than their numerical value alone. As reported by FootballInNigeria.com.ng, Kun Khalifat’s final-day free entry decision is one of the most direct examples of community football mobilisation seen in the NPFL this season, and if a packed Dan Anyiam Stadium helps them to the three points they need, it will become one of the signature decisions of Amaefula’s tenure as club president. Fans attending Sunday’s match or following it remotely can also use the Bet9ja sign in page for the latest account access and offers ahead of Sunday’s simultaneous kickoffs.
📌 Did You Know?
- Kun Khalifat FC of Owerri are named in honour of Kun Khalifat, an Arabic phrase that translates loosely as “be and it shall be” — a reference to divine will and instant creation. The club’s name reflects both the Islamic heritage of their founding community and an aspiration for success through faith and determination.
- The Dan Anyiam Stadium in Owerri is named after Dr Daniel Chukwuemeka Anyiam, a former Nigerian politician and administrator from Imo State. The ground has hosted multiple NPFL fixtures across different seasons and serves as the primary football venue for Owerri-based clubs competing in the national league.
- Kun Khalifat’s shock 2-0 victory over Abia Warriors in Aba on Matchday 37 was achieved away from home, making it one of the more striking away results of the final weeks of the 2025-26 NPFL season. The win simultaneously lifted Kun Khalifat out of immediate danger and ended Abia Warriors’ hopes of continental qualification.
- Wikki Tourists of Bauchi, Kun Khalifat’s Matchday 38 opponents, are one of the founding clubs of the NPFL era, having participated in the inaugural professional season in 1990. Their relegation in 2025-26, confirmed before the final day, represents one of the more significant departures from the top flight by a historically important Nigerian club.
- Obinna Uzoho, Kun Khalifat’s head coach, has been the technical driver behind the club’s survival push through the second half of the 2025-26 season. His previous coaching work in the NPFL gave him the domestic experience needed to organise a squad under the intense pressure of a relegation battle, and the Matchday 37 away win at Abia Warriors was the clearest evidence yet of his impact.
- The NPFL’s simultaneous 4pm kickoffs on Sunday May 24 mean that neither Kun Khalifat nor any of the other clubs in the survival battle can know the outcomes at rival venues before their own match is finished. The format, designed to protect sporting integrity, ensures that Sunday’s results are determined purely on the pitch rather than by tactical awareness of other scorelines.
- Imo State, where Dan Anyiam Stadium and Kun Khalifat are based, has a long football history that predates the professional era. The state has produced multiple Super Eagles players across different generations, and the football community in Owerri and its surroundings has always provided passionate support for its local clubs in the national league.
