{"id":2000114873,"date":"2026-06-08T11:38:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000114873"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:43:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:43:03","slug":"police-fc-releases-seven-players-as-squad-changes-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/police-fc-releases-seven-players-as-squad-changes-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Police FC releases seven players as squad changes begin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Police FC side endured a disappointing 2025\/26 campaign despite a promising start to the season. The club finished sixth in the league and was eliminated by Rayon Sports in the quarterfinals of the Peace Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their only silverware of the season came in February, when they won the Heroes Cup after defeating APR FC on penalties. However, the trophy was not enough to secure continental CAF qualification, unlike in the 2024\/25 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The underwhelming results have prompted the club\u2019s management to initiate a squad reshuffle, beginning with players whose contracts have come to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among those released is Nigerian striker Ani Elijah, alongside Rwanda international Byiringiro Lague, the only Rwandan player in the group of seven departing players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others shown the exit include Ghanaian central defender Issah Yakubu, Nigerian defender David Chimezie, Burundian duo Msanga Henry and Richard Kirongozi, and Ugandan midfielder Allan Kateregga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Msanga is reportedly close to joining Rayon Sports, with reports indicating he has agreed to a two-year deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Police FC has yet to officially announce new signings, although the club is reportedly targeting goalkeeper Tuyizere Jean Luc, whose contract with Mukura VS has expired, and midfielder Hoziyana Kennedy, who is also a free agent after leaving Marine FC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Byiringiro Lague had spent just one and a half years at Police FC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nigerian striker Ani Elijah parts ways with Police FC after two years at the club.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Msanga is reportedly close to joining Rayon Sports, with reports indicating he has agreed to a two-year deal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ghanaian central defender Issah Yakubu is among the players released by Police FC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Police FC has announced the departure of seven players whose contracts are expiring, including striker Byiringiro Lague.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000114879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000114873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000114879,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/image_870x580_690dd988a9b0f-2-33162.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":600,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/image_870x580_690dd988a9b0f-2-33162.jpg","width":600,"height":400},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/image_870x580_690dd988a9b0f-2-33162.jpg","width":600,"height":400},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/image_870x580_690dd988a9b0f-2-33162.jpg","width":600,"height":400},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/image_870x580_690dd988a9b0f-2-33162.jpg","width":600,"height":400},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/06\/image_870x580_690dd988a9b0f-2-33162.jpg","width":600,"height":400}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000114873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000114873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000114873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000114880,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000114873\/revisions\/2000114880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000114879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000114873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000114873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000114873"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000114873"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000114873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}