Mass withdrawals, walkovers rock Aiteo Cup

Date: 2022-08-12

The ongoing 2022 Aiteo Cup competition has been hit with several club withdrawals as its reaches the quarter-final stage, The PUNCH reports.

Speculations are rife that the teams were protesting the Nigeria Football Federation's nomination of Kwara United of Ilorin for the CAF Confederation Cup, which is usually allotted to the winners of the Aiteo Cup.

Kwara United, who placed fourth in the NPFL last season, were listed as the country's second representatives in the CAF Confederation Cup, as the NFF sought to beat the deadline of its clubs representatives to the Confederation of Africa.

Niger Tornadoes, who defeated Dreams FC, Enyimba and Green Beret in the preliminary rounds, walked over Lobi Stars of Makurdi, who failed to show up for their quarter-final clash in Jos on Wednesday.

Kogi United also walked over Kano Pillars — who also didn't show up in Makurdi — and were scheduled to face the winners of the clash between Wikki Tourists and Nasarawa United, but both the Solid Miners and the Tourists failed to turn up in Kaduna, which sealed Kogi United's place in the final of the competition next Wednesday.

Kogi United will now play the winners of the semi-final tie between Niger Tornadoes and Heartland.

Heartland defeated Enugu Rangers 4-1 in a penalty shoot-out after regulation time ended goalless on Thursday morning, the media officer of the Naze Millionaires Solomon Onu told The PUNCH.

This was after both clubs refused to dress up for the clash in Ilorin a day earlier.

Heartland had edged Dakkada and Katsina United in their previous rounds of the competitions.

This year's finals of the Aiteo Cup for both men and women's events hold at the Samson Siasia Stadium, Yenagoa August 17.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olabode George Towoju     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     NTA Ilorin     UITH     Women Radio     Curfew     Tunji Oyawoye     Sulu Gambari     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Offa Metropolitan Club     Moses Salami     National Party Of Nigeria     Yusuf Badmus     Kayode Laro     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Jalala     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Elewu     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Tunji Arosanyin     Harafat E. Mukadam     Ibikunle Ogunleye     CACOVID     Okin Group     Olatunde Olukoya     New Nigeria People’s Party     Bashirat Bola Bello     Temitope Ogunbanke     KwaraLearn     Gobirawa     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Aminu Adisa Logun     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Eruku     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Usman Rifun     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Oniwasi Agbaye     Mufutau Olatinwo     National Broadcasting Commission     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Obuh     Olaoye B. Felix     Mahe Abdulkadir     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Iponrin     Student Learning Support Helpline     Valsolar Consortium     Ladi Hassan     Abubakar Imam     Umar Saro     Naira Redesign     Galadiman Ngeri     Saka Keji     11th Galadima     Kisira     Ilorin General Hospital     Wahab Egbewole     Doyin Awoyale     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Tunde Yusuf     Christopher Ayeni     Gurei     Deji Ajani     EndSARS     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Adekunle David Dunmade     Kannike     Gbemisola Saraki     Nupe     Convocation Ceremonies     Binta Abubakar Mora    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Communication Network Support Services     Isau     Tosho Yaqub     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Oloje     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Kunle Okeowo     Ado Bayero     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Jide Oyinloye     Sulu Gambari     Kunbi Titiloye     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Sherif Shagaya     Al-Adaby     Oko Erin     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Esinrogunjo     Democracy Day     Garba Idris Ajia     Segun Ogunsola     Olateju Lukman     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     GGDSS Pakata     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Rafiu Ibrahim     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Balogun Ajikobi     Abdulazeez Arowona     Ahmed \'Lateef     Yusuf Lawal     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Isiaq Khadeejah     Bayo Ajia     Aliyu Muhammed     GANZY     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Kola Shittu     Adama Isa     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Shagari     Sebastine Obasi     Seed Technologies     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Twitter     Olosi Of Osi     IYA ALFA NLA     Folorunsho Erubu     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Dogara     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Eghe Igbinehin     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Kisira     Minimum Wage     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Aliyu Adebayo     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Asa     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Kola Adesina     Idris Garba     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Jalala     Rihanat Ajia     Presidential Election     Adamu Attah     Garment Factory     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Alfa Belgore     Abubakar Kawu Baraje