Akwa United Battles 3SC At Eket Stadium, As NPFL Grants Promise Keepers Wish

Akwa United Battles 3SC At Eket Stadium, As NPFL Grants Promise Keepers Wish

Ibrahim Lateef 

The Nigeria Premier Football League, regulatory body of the nation's domestic football has granted Akwa United's request to play its remaining 2023/24 season home matches at the Eket Stadium, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

In a letter signed by the league's Chief Operating Officer Davidson Owumi, the league body has approved the 18,000 capacity Eket Stadium for Akwa United until such a time that the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Nest of Champions will be less busy with international matches.

FIFA and CAF recently approved Godswill Akpabio International Stadium as the only suitable stadium in Nigeria to host international matches involving clubs and the national teams.

With this approval, Akwa United will play their Matchday 4 game against Shooting Stars at the Eket Stadium on Sunday.

The league organisers urged the Akwa Ibom State Football Normalisation Committee to ensure they provide all necessary logistics for smooth and hitch-free matches in Eket.

The Promise Keepers who have just one point from three games have also scheduled most of their training sessions at the same venue in an effort to get the players to familiarize more on the artificial surface.

The club's team manager Sir Emmanuel Udoh has called on the club supporters and all football loving fans in Eket and its environs to turn up en masse to support the Promise Keepers as they aim to record their first win of the season when they engage visiting 3SC of Ibadan at the weekend.