Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday emerged the winner of a maiden edition of the Nigerian Union of Journalists FCT Correspondents Chapel’s three-day tournament.
Safety Shooters defeated Federal High Court (FHC) 6-5 on penalty to emerged the winner after the game ended 1-1 in regulation time
Meanwhile, NUJ President Christopher Isiguzo led FCT Correspondents Chapel’s team defeated Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) 3-2 in a keenly contested novelty match played shortly after the final.
It was a game to behold, as Isiguzo was unable to score a goal in the game before he was substituted barely ten minutes into the game, despite messmasrizing his opponents
However, the three days tournament which kicked off on Thursday saw, NDLEA winning NOA by one nil. Others results on group stage include; NPF 3-0 NMA, FRSC 1-0 NUJ, FHC 2-0 NBA,
FHC defeated NDLEA 2-0 to set up the final against FRSC who also defeated NPF 3-2 on penalty after the game ended 1-1 in regulation time
The tournament was sponsored by Barrister Pelumi Olajengbesi (Managing Partner Law Corridor ), Julius Berger Nigeria, T. Bilon Construction, OrdersPaper, Red Cross, FCT FA, FCTA , Hypeplug, GMW Insurance Brokers Ltd, A New Thing International Foundation and Ti’. Bilon Healthcare Foundation was graced by FRSC Corps Marshall who was represented by Bisi Kazeem, Deputy Commander NDLEA among others.
