Thursday, March 28, 2024

Eduwo, Preko emerge LBA winners for May

Lobi Stars forward Kingsley Eduwo and FC Ifeanyiubah’s Ghanaian head
coach Yaw Preko have been named League Bloggers Awards (LBA) Player
and Manager respectively for the month of May.
Eduwo and Preko posted superior performances with their clubs in the
Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) in the month under review
to fend off other contenders in the running for both categories of
awards.
It was a strong field of shortlists for the player’s award as Eduwo
had to square up with last season’s top scorer Godwin Obaje of FC
Ifeanyiubah, Enugu Rangers winger Osas Okoro and Plateau United
left-back Daniel Itodo.
At the end, the list was trimmed to just two players, Eduwo and Obaje.
The FC Ifeanyiubah man and his Lobi counterpart were tied on three
goals apiece in May.
Eduwo scored in Lobi’s 1-0 win at Sunshine Stars and got a double
against MFM FC while Obaje netted in FC Ifeanyiubah’s 3-0 success at
Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) and then scored the two goals that
saw off four-time champions Kano Pillars in Nnewi.
However, Eduwo topped Obaje with an assist in their three-nil victory
over MFM at the Aper Aku Stadium in Makurdi on 28 May when he provided
the assist for Sunday Akleche’s goal to wrap up a fine day in the
office for Lobi.
Abdu Maikaba of Akwa United, Solomon Ogbeide of Lobi Stars and
Chukwuma Agbo of Rangers were all in line for the manager’s award
alongside Preko.
Preko, Maikaba and Ogbeide led their teams to unbeaten streaks in May.
FC Ifeanyiubah under Preko in May were ruthless – defeating 3SC in
Ibadan 3-0 and cruising past Kano Pillars 2-0 in Nnewi – to finish the
month as the most impressive side with no goal conceded and best
superior goal difference.
Lobi’s Ogbeide was right on Preko’s tail but lost out by virtue of his
club’s inferior goal difference (of +4) compared to that of FC
Ifeanyiubah (+5) despite winning their two matches as well in Akure
against Sunshine Stars and against MFM FC in Makurdi.
The next edition of LBA will be for manager and player for the month of June.
PAST WINNERS:
APRIL 2017
Player: Alhassan Ibrahim (Akwa United)
Manager: Abdu Maikaba (Akwa United)
MARCH 2017
Player: Stephen Odey (MFM FC)
Manager: Fidelis Ilechukwu (MFM FC)
FEBRUARY 2017
Player: Sunday Adetunji (Abia Warriors)
Manager: Ladan Bosso (El-Kanemi Warriors)
JANUARY 2017
Player: Stephen Odey (MFM FC)
Manager: Kennedy Boboye (Plateau Utd)

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