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| A file photo of Remo Stars starting line-up |
Enyimba recorded the biggest win on matchday 17 of the Nigeria Premier Football League thrashing Gombe United 5-0 in Aba.
Chukwuemeka Obioma bagged a hat-trick, while Ikenna Cooper
and Sadiq Adamu scored the other goals.
Obioma has now scored 13 goals this season.
Enyimba remain in second position on the Group B table and
in strong position to secure a Super Six spot.
Plateau United’s ambition to participate in the super six
fixtures for the Nigeria Professional Football League title was scuttled at the
new stadium in jos with visiting Remo Stars stunning the highlanders with a 2-1
away victory.
In a fiercely contested encounter for one of the slots in
the group; the visitors’ late strikes from Adams Olalekan and Adebayo Olalekan
ensured that the Stars outshone the Highlanders in their backyard to inflict
another home defeat since 2021 when Kwara United ran away with a 2-0 victory in
December 2021.
Expectations were high from the Plateau supporters for a
routing of the visitors but met a resistance in the visitors who stood their
ground defending stoutly with occasional breakaway counter attacks that caught
Fidelis Ilechukwu boys unaware.
The traditional Daniel Itodo long throw was effectively
curtailed by the Remo defence nodding out the numerous throw in to secure a
clean sheet in the first half of the encounter.
Saidu Salisu strike inside the box gave the highlanders the
lead in the 70th as the goal stunned the visitors who became more adventurous
upfront mounting pressure until the Plateau defence caved in for the equaliser
from Adams Olalekan, punishing a careless defence to level scores for the
visitors in the 81st.
As the game was wounding down, Olalekan Adebayo sealed
victory for the visitors with a long range strike that left Plateau keeper
stranded for the winner in the 88th.
The victory in Jos placed Remo Stars in the third position
with 30 points and Plateau United in the fifth with 25 points in Group A of the
abridged league.
Sunshine Stars also defeated NIger Tornadoes 2-0 for the
second away win of the day.
FULL RESULTS
Insurance 1-1 3SC
Rivers Utd 2-1 Bayelsa Utd
Doma Utd 0-0 Rangers
Enyimba 5-0 Gombe United
Kwara Utd 1-0 Nasarawa Utd
Plateau Utd 1-2 Remo Stars
Akwa Utd 2-0 El-Kanemi
Wikki 4-0 Abia Warriors
Tornadoes 0-2 Sunshine Stars.
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