Ayo Adejubu was the hero for Oluyole Warriors as they muscled out a 1-1 draw against Akwa United on Sunday at the newly refurbished Lekan Salami Adamasingba Stadium in Ibadan.
Utibe Archibong sent Akwa United in to the lead in the 29th minutes and would hold on to the lead before the Edith Agoye’s side grabbed the equalizer.
While the visitors had the best of the game in the first half, the homeside came from the break with a renewed energy albeit still found a hard knot to crack with the Kennedy Boboye led side.
Having wasted some chances in the early minutes of the second half, Shooting Stars later got their rythm upfront as they beefed up their cutting edge with the likes of Ayo Adebuju; the goal scorer, Wasiu Alalade, Malomo Taofeek.
Oluyole Warriors were the most burdened side of the game- being their first competitive game on the newly remodeled stadium and their first NPFL game for the past four years after relegation.
However,the result of the game can be seen from the prism of a ‘litmus test’ for Shooting as a newly promoted side,while it also further placed the Promise Keepers from Uyo on a high side.
Also, the result of the game is only the draw that would come out of the ten times the two teams have so far met-Akwa United won 5 games all in their home ground and Shooting Stars also won 4 of the games in their home ground.
Shooting Stars will be tackling Lobi Stars away from home in their next game while Akwa United welcomes Gombe United in the nest of Champions in Uyo.
