By Sadiq Abubakar, Abuja.
The Police machine football club has won the Abaji Chairman’s Football trophy during the final football match competition held at Junior Secondary School (JSS) Kekeshi in the council.
The police machine beat Kings Football club 1-0 in a free kick during the second half of the 90 minutes play.
Until a lone goal was conceived by Police Machine FC, nobody could predict who will smile home with the trophy due to how good the both teams were, but in every contest, a winner must emerge.
Speaking at the end of the final football competition, the chairman of Abaji Area Council, Hon Abdulrahman Ajiya, said he was overwhelmed with the performance of all the football clubs that participated in this year’s edition of the chairman’s cup.
He, however, said that his administration desire to organise the football competition was to keep the youth busy, adding that the competition will also foster peace and unity among the youth in the area.
He noted that sporting activities was very important in any given society, saying sporting activities help in keeping someone fit and healthy as well as develop mental and psychological of every human being.
The chairman, therefore, expressed his administration commitment towards development sporting activities in the area, even as he directed the sport department of the council get numbers of additional registered referees in the area.
He congratulated the Police machine football club for winning the trophy, even as he called on the King’s football club to work harder against the next edition of the competition so that they will pick the trophy.
“Even though, there is no looser and winner in this competition because of the way and manner all the football clubs and their supporters conducted themselves without any rancour,” he said
Also speaking, the chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council, Alhaji Adamu Mustapha, who joined his Abaji counterpart along side the Kwali council chairman, Hon Danladi Chiya, congratulated the winning team in the tournament.
He also commended the participating teams and their supporters for conducting themselves peacefully without any rancour through out the tournament.
Global Times Nigeria correspondent report that a sum of N200,000 cash was giving to the winning team, (Police machine club) while N150, 000 was giving to second position, which is the Kings Football club and N10,000 was given to 3rd position by the council chairman.
While gold medals and footballs as well as jersey was given to other football teams, best players, referees, best goal keeper, and other officials that participated in the tournament.
