Akwa United head coach, Kennedy Boboye has showered encomium on his players following their comfortable 2-0 home win against Niger Tornadoes.
Niger Tornadoes’ Felix Oloye nodded the ball into his own net to hand the Promise Keepers the lead one minute before the break.
Substitute, Abson Mare added the second 10 minutes from time.
Akwa United moved to 16th position on the log with 37 points from 31 matches
“I really want to congratulate my players, they played with great determination and commitment.
“You can see that the confidence level is very high and we want to maintain that in all the remaining matches,” Boboye told the club’s media.
“We are not yet done with the season, this result has taken us out of the drop zone and we still have seven matches to play before the end of the season.
“Our target is to ensure we go for maximum points in each of the remaining matches, we have to fight for every available point at home and at away games because that is the only way we can achieve our target,” he added.
Akwa United will next be in action on Wednesday, April 2nd when they will engage Mighty Jets Feeders in the President Federation Cup Round of 32 fixture.
