TEN-man Enyimba yesterday won their seventh Nigeria alliance crown after they held Warri Wolves to a goalless attract front of more than 40,000 fans at the Enyimba International Stadium in Aba.
Enyimba required only a point in their last home diversion against nearest equals Wolves and they did sufficiently only to take care of business.
'The People's Elephant' secured the title with a round of matches to extra as they have 69 focuses, six focuses clear of Wolves.
The best away type of the season – five wins and seven draws – earned the two-time African champions Enyimba the group title five years after their last success.
Warri Wolves gave a decent record of themselves and they are relied upon to end the season as runners-up to acquire a ticket to one year from now's CAF Champions League with a home win over consigned FC Taraba on the last day of the season one week from now.
After a fairly cagey initial 45 minutes, the second half opened up after Nigeria U23 forward Daniel Etor was sent off for punching Gbolahan Salami in the 50th moment. Joseph Osadiaye had a decent opportunity to place Wolves in front in the 54th moment when the energetic Stanley Dimgba discovered him with a fine cross from the privilege, however he impacted his exertion well off target.
After five minutes, Enyimba striker Mfon Udoh let go at focus from inside the container, however it missed barely.
In the 64th moment, Peter Onyekachi saw his effective header off Markson Ojobo free kick shout into touch.
In the first half, a great part of the activity was amassed amidst the recreation center and there were not very many obvious chances before objective.
Early on, Wolves midfielder Lordson Ichull gambled a plunging header inside his own case to guarantee Mfon Udoh did not pull the trigger.
Enyimba top striker Peter Onyekachi could have improved when a long ball discovered him, yet his control was poor to permit goalkeeper Okiemute Odah draw off a recovery.
At the flip side of the pitch, Stanley Dimgba weaved his way behind the Wolves guard however Gbolahan Salami was immediately swarmed out by three Enyimba shie