The League Bloggers Awards
(LBA) on Monday nominated Wikki Tourists duo of Nafiu Kabuga and Abba Umar
alongside two other players for Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL)
Player for the month of March, Sportinglens.blogspot.com reports.
Also, four coaches which include, Hamza Abara (Niger Tornadoes), Abdu Maikaba (Akwa United), Emmanuel Deutsch (Abia Warriors) and Solomon Ogbeide (Lobi Stars) to contend for the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Manager for the month of March.
Shortlisted in the
players' category are Abia Warriors striker Samson Obi, Austin Ogunye of Lobi
Stars and the Wikki Tourists pair of Nafiu Kabuga and Abba Umar.
.Obi |
Obi is named among the
shortlist for playing a major role in Abia Warriors' fine run in March. The striker
scored four times in three of their four matches in the month under review. The
Abia Warriors man scored in the derby at FC Ifeanyiubah that ended 1-1 and
followed up with two goals against Wikki Tourists and one at Akwa United. His goals
earned Abia Warriors five of their eight points.
Ogunye had his most
productive period of the season in March as he was directly involved in four of
Lobi's six goals. The ex-MFM man scored twice in Lobi's dramatic 3-2 win over
Rivers United and provided an assist in same game. His other goal came in the
1-2 defeat at Nasarawa United. No other player provided
the most assists in March than Wikki's Umar. He provided two in his
team's 3-0 win over Rivers United and got another assist when they saw off El-Kanemi
Warriors 3-0. He also helped himself to a goal in the El-Kanemi fixture.
.Umar |
Kabuga benefited from two
of Umar's assists when he netted the season's first hat-trick against Rivers
United. The former Kano Pillars
forward also got involved as a goal provider in Wikki's win over El-Kanemi in
the northeast derby.
For the manager's prize
Hamza Abara of Niger Tornadoes gets a first nomination into the monthly award.
He will contend with an impressive field of trainers that include Akwa United's
Abdu Maikaba, Emmanuel Deutsch of Abia Warriors and Solomon Ogbeide of Lobi
Stars.
Abara led Tornadoes to an
unbeaten streak in March – defeating champions Plateau United and Sunshine Stars
in home games and playing draws at Kano Pillars and El-Kanemi while Deutsch
also holds similar streak having led Abia Warriors to an unbeaten sequence as
well.
Abia Warriors defeated
Kwara United and Wikki at home and got draws at FC Ifeanyiubah and Akwa United.
.Ogunye |
Ogbeide, on the other hand
guided Lobi to three wins - the most in March by any team. It included an away
win at Heartland as well as successes against Katsina United and Rivers United
but suffered a 2-1 reverse at Nasarawa United.
Akwa United under Maikaba
managed two wins at home against Heartland and Nasarawa United before Abia
Warriors took points off them in a 1-1 draw at their Nest of Champions. Maikaba's
men suffered a 1-0 defeat to table-toppers Lobi in a month they took seven out
of 12 points.
The winners for the LBA
Player and Manager for March will be announced later this week.
NOMINEES
PLAYERS
Samson Obi (Abia Warriors)
Nafiu Kabuga (Wikki
Tourists)
Abba Umar (Wikki Tourists)
Austin Ogunye (Lobi Stars)
MANAGERS
Hamza Abara (Niger
Tornadoes)
Abdu Maikaba (Go Round FC)
Emmanuel Deutsch (Abia
Warriors)
Solomon Ogbeide (Lobi
Stars)
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