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Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC is a Nigerian association football club from Ilorin, Nigeria. They were promoted to the Nigeria Premier League at the end of the 2009–10 season. They played their debut season's home games in Offa and Bauchi while the Kwara State Stadium was being renovated.

ABS FC

Full name	Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club
Founded	2004 as Bukola Babes
Ground	Kwara State Stadium Ilorin, Nigeria
Capacity	18,000
Chairman	Seni Saraki
Team Manager	A C C chukuemeka
Technical Advisor	Erasmus Onu
Coach	Henry Makinwa
League	Nigeria National League
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

They were put up for sale in July 2011 and bought by outgoing Kwara State governor Bukola Saraki for 250,000,000 naira, making them and JUTH F.C. the only Premier League teams that are not state-owned.[1]

In 2011, the team was renamed from Bukola Babes to ABS (Abubakar Bukola Saraki) FC.

In 2016, the team returned to the Nigeria Professional Football League.[2]

Notable players

• Alalade Wasiu
• Adeshina Gata
• Adeleye Tobi Joshua
• Abdulrahman Bashir
• Lordson Ichull
• Effiom Otu Bassey
• Etor Daniel
• Monday Samuel
• Thomas Zenke
• Abdullahi Oyedele
• Pascal Chimdindu Anorue

References

External links

• Official website
• Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC at Global Sports Archive

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