ANDREW EKEJIUBA
Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side, Enyimba has been rewarded for their qualification to the next round of the CAF Champions League with a new team bus courtesy of the Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu.
Enyimba on Sunday reached the next round of the CAF Champions League with a 2-1 aggregate win against Rahimo FC in Aba.
The People’s Elephant were then presented with a new Coaster bus by Governor Ikpeazu. Apart from donating a new Coaster bus to the club, he also donated an SUV car to the club chairman, Anyansi-Agwu.
The bus will help ease their local travels, while the SUV will be used by the Club’s Chairman, Anyansi-Agwu.
Ikpeazu also expressed delight in the new look of the Stadium which for the first time an electronic scoreboard was used.
According to him, the electronic scoreboard was installed by his administration.
“For the first time in her illustrious history, Enyimba FC today played with an electronic scoreboard recently installed by my administration at the stadium in Aba.
“I’m proud of other new facilities we installed. Enyimba has scaled through via 2-1 aggregate win over Rahimo FC and will face Sudanese giant Al Merrikh in the next round of the CAF Champions League,” he said.
Meanwhile, the winner of the game will proceed to the playoff while the loser will drop to the CAF Confederation Cup.