
Under Ikhana, two-time CAF Champions League winners Enyimba clinched the Nigerian Premier League title in November with 70 points from 38 matches, beating second-placed Warri Wolves by four points.
Ikhana, who won the Champions League in a previous spell at the club in 2003, says that despite his success, he foresaw that his contract would not to be renewed.
Warri Wolves coach Paul Aigbogun and Bulgarian Mitko Dobrev are the men currently linked to the vacant hot-seat.