NPFL: Abia Warriors end winless streak after 5 games, beat Kwara Utd 1-0

Casmir Azubuike’s 29th-minute speculative transportation secured the maximum 3 points for Abia Warriors FC of Umuahia successful their crippled against Kwara United of Ilorin, successful the Matchday 27 fixture of the Nigeria Premier Football League, decided astatine the Enyimba International Stadium, Aba.

The triumph efficaciously ended Abia Warriors’ five-game winless streak and their archetypal location triumph stretching astir 4 matches since beating Warri Wolves 1-0 astatine the Umuahia Township Stadium connected December 21, 2025.

It was a dilatory commencement to the crippled by the Warriors, but they gradually got into groove arsenic they pinned Kwara United to their ain half.

The deadlock was, however, breached successful the 29th infinitesimal arsenic Casmir Azubuike’s attempted transverse evaded everyone, including the Kwara United goalkeeper, Suraj Ayeleso and recovered its mode into the nett for what proved to beryllium the match-winner.

The visitors came retired smoking successful the 2nd fractional arsenic they enjoyed astir of the possessions, particularly successful the closing stages, but they failed to get past the defence quartet of Jibrin Faiz, Kunle Adeleke, Innocent Gabriel and skipper of the day, Emmanuel Ogbuagu.

Abia Warriors volition beryllium playing El-Kanemi Warriors successful Maiduguri connected Sunday successful their adjacent match.

Similarly, Enyimba FC of Aba, which present has a caller Head Coach, Emmanuel Gustave Deutsch, drew ...