It was the 15th consecutive home win by the Oluyole soccer lords this season as they topped group B table with 50 points and plus 16-goal advantage after 30 round of matches, ahead of Gabros International which equally finished with 50 points, but with plus six-goal advantage following its sensational 2-0 away win over Ekiti United.
The match hero in Ibadan turned out to be veteran defender Sylvester Ebiaku who converted the spot kick awarded 3SC barely two minutes into the game.
Akwa Starlets wasted what would have been an equaliser in the 20th minute as the spot kick awarded the side which was taken twice was ballooned, after the kicker had initially got it right.
The first kick converted was cancelled by the centre referee as one of his team-mates surged into the penalty box as the kick was being taken.
Wikki Tourists also returned to the Globacom Premier League after a season in the lower league as they topped group A with 53 points. The Tourists bagged three points and three goals without kicking the ball following the failure of the Nigeria Prisons FC to show up in Bauchi for the game.
However, the winner of the second ticket in the group is yet to be ascertained as the game between Ranch Bees and Kwara United at the Ranch Bees Stadium, Kaduna, was abandoned in the second half with scores at 2-2.
The visitors led 2-0 at half time before the Bees drew parity on resumption for the last half.
Niger Tornadoes finished the season with 50 points following their 2-1 victory over FRSC of Abuja at the Bako Kontagora memorial Stadium, Minna, but the result was not good enough to see them return to the elite league for now as the race is between Ranch Bees and Kwara United.
At the time of filing this report, the secretary of the NNL could not be reached on the abandoned match.
Ranch Bees before the game had 50 points thus needed a draw to seal the promotion ticket, while the Afonja Warriors with 49 points needed outright win to scale through.
It will be recalled that Shooting Stars Sports Club, Wikki Tourists and Kwara United were relegated from the premier league last season.
NNL Week 30 results:
Division One A
Ranch Bees 2 Kwara Utd 2 (abandoned)
TEAP 5 Sokoto Utd 1
Spotlight 1 Kogi Utd 0
Adamawa Utd 1 Mighty Jets 0
Wikki Tourists 3 Nigeria Prisons 0 (W/O)
Tornadoes 2 FRSC Abuja 1
Jigawa Stars 1 S/Court 0
Plateau Utd 3 DSS, Kaduna 0
Division B
Shooting Stars 1 Akwa Starlets 0
Ekiti Utd 0 Gabros 2
MFM 2 ABS 2
Prime 3 COD Utd 0
B/Insurance 2 S/Stores 0
Go-Round 1 FirstBank 0
Gateway Utd 3 UNICEM Rovers 0 (WO)
Abia Comets 2 Remo Stars 0
Caption: Sylvester Ebiaku, scores Shooting Stars' historic goal against Akwa Starlets.
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