Ejike Fires Supreme Court FC To ‘Vital’ Victory.

Striker Ejike Orji was the hero for Supreme Court FC in one of the Nigeria National League (NNL) matches decided at Old Parade Ground, Abuja as his lone strike in the 58 minutes of the game ensured that the home team piped Mighty Jets of Jos 1-0.

Ejike broke the deadlock in the second half of the encounter after series of opportunities from both sides met waterloo.

The match which began exactly 4pm on Sunday witnessed some changes in the starting line-up from Coach Haggai tutored-home side in bid to beef up its attacking options.

Captain Maha Musa and right-footed attacker Endurance Osaghai popularly known as Bongo were rested while Peter Maraibo and Adams Abdullahi started in the absence of creative striker Jude Chibuike who was sidelined due to injury.

Speaking shortly after the encounter which was characterized by controversial Center referee’s repeated decisions throughout the 90 minutes of the tricky tie, Coach Haggai who expressed satisfaction with the level of his team’s performance however frowned at the behavior of Referee Marwan bala who painstakingly removed his eyes from several infringements committed by the visiting team on his players.

 “Personally, I don’t use to complain of referees behavior but what I witnessed today which everybody including spectators repeatedly pointed at was very clear that the officiating referees came on a mission.

“But thank God that my boys waved off all of that and continued fighting till they were able to get the lone goal.

 Similarly, one of the spectators identified as Sani Abdullahi who said he left other things he ought to do and decided to watch Sunday’s match lamented “I don’t use to come here to watch matches but decided to have an idea of how Nigeria players at home play in the league.

“But honestly what I observed from match officials made me get tired of the game. I think, the referees need to improve.”