Bendel Insurance, a newly promoted side in the Nigeria’s Premier Football League stunned former Champions Akwa United in a 2-0 defeat at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium , Uyo on Match Day one.
The Benin Arsenal took the lead in the 37th minute led by Imade Osehenkhoe to record the first goal of the new season of the abridge league.
Insurance’s Ismael Seriki extended their lead to make it two from a close range in the 43 minute after Akwa United’s goalkeeper, Godgift Elkanah, failed to handle the ball.
Efforts by the Promise Keepers to level score proved abortive as the Benin based team was too much to be handled.
With this result, Bendel Insurance now tops the Pool A of the 23 NPFL tables, as other fixtures of the group are yet to be played.
On Match Day Two fixtures of the NPFL, Akwa United will visit Enyimba Football Club of Aba in an away fixture while Insurance will play host to Plateau United in Benin.
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