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Premier League (NPL) newcomers, Bukola Babes, are the dominant side in
the latest instalment of the Nigerian top flight division’s Team of the
Week.

The Ilorin-based
side last Sunday defeated Crown FC in Ilaro 2-0 to record the only away
win of last weekend’s round of Premier League matches.

As a result of that
victory, which pushed them up to fourth on the Premier League standings
with 20 points – seven behind table-topping Dolphins – four players of
the club have been selected in the Team of the week.

The club’s head
coach, Festus Allen, was also picked as the coach of the week. It was
the second week in succession that the Bukola Babes gaffer would be
accorded such an honour by the league body.

Allen isn’t alone
in that regards as two of his wards, Seun Sogbesan and Effiom
Otu-Bassey, were also included in the team of the week for a second
straight week.

The other two
players of the Ilorin side named in the team of the week are Promise
James and Abdul-Rahman Bashir, who grabbed one of his side’s goals
against Crown.

Warri Wolves, who
are now third on the league standings following last weekend’s 3-1
drubbing of Plateau United, produced two players for the team of the
week. They are central defender Thankgod Ike and Amanze Elekwachi both
of whom found the back of the net against the struggling Jos side in
the encounter played in Warri.

Heartland, who
recorded a convincing 3-0 win over Zamfara United in their first game
at the U.J Esuene Stadium, Calabar, following their relocation from the
Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri, also produced two players for the team of
the week.

They are the
versatile Chinedu Efugh, who scored from the spot to cap his fantastic
performance on the day, and Bello Kofarmata, who in his first game for
the club since returning from trials abroad justified his inclusion in
the starting line-up by grabbing a goal and providing two assists.

Others in the team of the week are Sharks goalkeeper, Okiemute Odah,
Enugu Rangers’ Mine Ojo who was one of those that made sure that the
Flying Antelopes left Kaduna with their first away point of the season,
and Fidelis Saviour of Kaduna United who grabbed a last gasp equalizer
for his side against Shooting Stars in Ibadan.