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.

Abubakar Atiku     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Bola Magaji     Asa     University Road     Garba Dogo     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     BECE     Sidikat Alaya     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Maigida     Doyin Agbamu     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Solomon Edoja     Yusuf Lawal     Monthly Sanitation     GRA     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Jide Oyinloye     Sarah Alade     Emir Of Ilorin     Abdulrazaq Magaji     AGILE Programme     Hussein Oloyede     Yusuf Aiyedun     Tunde Akanbi     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Afonja     Kwara NIPR     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Makama Of Ilorin     College Of Education     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Amos Sayo     SAPZ Project     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Turaki     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Moses Rahman Popoola     Jaigbade Alao     Seun Bolaji     Bashir Adigun     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Muritala Awodun     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     MalHub     Akeem Olatunji     Ilorin Like-Minds     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Oluwole Dupe     Segun Abifarin     Yekeen Alabi     Fulani     Apaola     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Olam Food Ingredients     Muhammadu Buhari     Wasiu Odewale     Akorede     Simon Sayomi     Adamu Atta     NIPR     Bolakale Kawu     KFA     Danhawa     Saka Saadu     Air Peace     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     KSIRS     Smart School     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Ope Saraki     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulmumini Jawondo     Ayegbeni     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     CCEPE     Amule Elementary School     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Abdullahi Samari     Suleiman Idris     Ahmed \'Lateef     Alikinla     Kisira     Aliyu Sabi     New Nigeria People’s Party     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Sunday Popo-Ola     Okanlawon Taiwo     Ayedun     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Kwara Metro Park     Oni Adebayo     Olatunji Ayeni     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Dele Momodu     Ebola     Saka Abimbola Isau     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Bayer AG     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Ademola Kiyesola     Matthew Babaoye     Forgo Battery     Sadiq Umar     Halidu Danbaba     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Olusola Saraki     Post-utme     Sanusi Abubakar     Matthew Okedare     Jide Oyinloye     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     David Adesina     Yunus Lawal     Offa Grammer School     Village Alive Development Association     March 18     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     UNIFEMGA     Alore     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Moro     Abubakar Usman Jos     Ibrahim Orire     Ganmo     Ilorin Emirate     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Babaita     Sa\'adu Salahu     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Wasiu Onidugbe     Oluronke Adeyemi     Shehu Jimoh     Marafan Shonga     ITEM 7     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Donatus Ejidike     Shaaba Lafiagi     Lafiagi     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Kwara State Polytechnic     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Jebba     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital