The Chairman of Plateau State Football Association, Hon. Dr. Suleiman Yahaya Kwande has poured encomiums on the youths of the Yoruba Community on the Plateau for successfully organizing a football competition.
Hon. Dr. Suleiman Yahaya Kwande, who was at the finals of the Oduduwa Football Competition won by FC Youngstars,opines: “I must commend the Youths of the Yoruba Community in Plateau State for knowing and making use of one of the strongest weapons that can be used in promoting peace and unity, which is football. Football does not only bring people together irrespective of religion, race or political affiliation, but it also put food on the table. Seeing these mammoth Yorubas to grace this final today, shows how powerful this game is and am very happy that they are keying into the mandate of my football administration as the Chairman.”
He concluded: “The Plateau State Football Association will in the next edition throw our weight behind the organizers to make it more colourful and productive. They tried to have singlehandedly organize this, but beyond all these, an avenue should be created where players can be marketed and sold to bigger clubsides. I was expecting to see Coaches, managers, agents, scouts, club owners, etc to come and fish out some players. Who says the owner of Remo Stars FC can’t be here? He’s a passionate football lover and promoter. I was able to spot a fantastic player and we will see where we go from there.”
The final, which saw some of the who is who in the Yoruba Community on the Plateau, saw FC Young Stars beat Dilimi Warriors 2-1 to cart home the giant trophy. Abdulrashid Abdulraheed got both goals for FC Youngstars in the 47th and 88th minute, while Hamed Ibrahim got the consolatory goal for Dilimi Warriors fc in the 92nd minute.
In the 3rd place match, Lion Star fc defeated Baptist FC 1-0 to win the bronze medal. Sikiru Abdulazeez scored the only goal in the 13th minute.
Here is the list of individual awards:
Best gaol keeper =Tosin Olajide,, Baptist FC
Most valuable player =Abdulrasheed Abdulraheem,,, FC young star
Most discipline player,,,, Monsoor Abdulrazak,,,,FC young star
Highest goal scorer =Sikiru Abdulazeez,, Lion star fc (12 gaols)
Best defender =Aminu Gbadamosi,,, Dilimi worriors
Best coach = Jimoh Salahudeen,,, FC young star
