When Chalokwu arrived in Ukraine, he was selected to play for Vorskla Poltava, a first division club in the country's football league. As he was about signing ...
“I don’t want to return to Nigeria. I don’t want to return after what I lived through there.” And even if the war ends, I don’t want to return to Ukraine too. “It broke me; I was sad. My plans and dreams were crushed when I received the prefecture’s letter. “It was sad and I was scared. “At the beginning, I couldn’t go out because it was risky. It was risky because I didn’t have a complete application to go to the prefecture. “I volunteered to train young kids. I was even promised to go through sports instructor training in Caen. I only needed an immigration status to start. It was traumatising to see the war.