Former Immaculate FC player Jehovahtomisin Idowu visited his boyhood club today, the 2nd of July, 2025, after eight years of leaving the country to study in Cyprus.
Tomisin, an attacking-minded midfielder fondly called Hazard in his playing days with Immaculate FC Academy, was delighted to visit and train with the team at the CMS Primary School Complex, Ilaje, Bariga, Lagos.
Before joining the training with the team, Tomisin gifted the team some equipment (four new soccer balls, one set of cones, one ball pump, and two sets of training bibs). It was received by Henry, the captain of the under-15 team, in the presence of the club’s founding director, Mr. Godwin Nse.
In a chat with futebol.com.ng after the training with the lads, Tomisin said he was delighted to be part of the training today and reminisced about when he was a little boy playing football on this same field.
It was a pleasure to train with the lads; all I saw today were pure talents from most of them. They reminded me of myself when I was their age; I was so good, but my parents wanted me to go to school, which I did
“I left Nigeria in 2017 to study, and currently I am based in Cyprus, and I see the same zeal and determination from the management of the team. I want to thank the club director for the opportunity given to me to associate with the team again after many years. Ilaje–Bariga is my hood, and anytime I come to Nigeria, I will always come back to my hood to say hello to all my friends and everyone in my boyhood club.”
Godwin Nse was full of praise for Tomisin, stating how humble and disciplined he is in spite of all his years in Europe.
“Tomisin was a special boy to me; I used to call him Omomi (meaning ‘my child’) because he was very disciplined and one of the best players during his time at the club. He still maintains the same level of discipline till today, which is very rare to see among the youths of this time.”
“I am delighted not only because he gifted the academy some equipment, which came at the moment when they needed it, but also most delighted that he came back to train with his boyhood club after many years. From experience, I have seen some players that will come back from Europe but feel too big to go back to their hood and their boyhood club because of pride.”
After the training, Tomisin advised all the boys to stay focused on their dream of becoming professional footballers in the future and also take their training seriously; he emphasized the importance of being disciplined as a player and also promised to always support the team when he has the opportunity.