Through a press release, Ukrainian Premier League side FC Volyn Lutsk have announced the acquisition of free agent Gabriel Okechukwu.<br /><br />The 20 - year - old striker has put pen to paper on a nine - month contract which will keep him at The Crusaders until June 30, 2016.<br /><br />A product of TEAP FC, Okechukwu made the substitutes bench in the Super Eagles 2 - 0 victory over Chad in an African Cup of Nations qualifier in June and was handed the famous number 10 jersey by ex coach Stephen Keshi.<br /><br />He had been linked with several European teams in the past including Zenith St Petersburg, Kuban and Dynamo Kiev, and trained with Belgian club KV Mechelen in 2014.<br /><br />Nigeria international midfielder Michael Babatunde turned out for Volyn Lutsk for two years before shifting to FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the summer transfer market.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />