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Dekina Warriors the home team defeated Bassa FC by two goals to nothing in a keenly contested match in front of their fans.
Goals coming from Emmanuel Anaja and Apeh Onatinga in the second half of the match gave Dekina Warriors the much deserved victory at the Kogi State University Anyigba stadium.
The first half of the games ended 0-0 after Musa Abul the goalkeeper of Bassa FC frustrated the trio, Tahiru Abdulazeez, Apeh Onatinga and Hassan Mustapha.
The ball hit the woodwork on three occasion and Musa denying Tahiru on two occasions.
After the first half, the coach of Dekina Warriors had a pep talk which translated to an offensive attack resulting to Tahiru Abdulazeez winning a penalty in the 58 minutes and converted by Emmanuel Anaja.
In the 67 minutes, Apeh Onatinga charged the defender of Bassa FC to score a solo goal.
Reacting to the match, the sponsor, Sani Idakwo Philip expressed satisfaction over the level of coordination between both teams commending Bassa FC for their spirit of sportsmanship executed.
“I’m impressed with the exhibition here. As you can see for yourself, we’ve been able to keep hundreds of youths away from the street this evening”.
“We want to make sure the youths are gainfully employed and it’s only sports that has the criteria. 18 players have been selected and will be on payrolls”, Idakwo said.
Dekina Warriors went home with the sum of 100,000 naira, while the 1st runner up got the sum of 50,000.
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