Govt stages double-barrelled party for victorious Kwara United, U-19 team

Gamers and officers of 2025 President Federation Cup (formerly Scenario Cup) champions, Kwara United, can be given a huge reception by the articulate government and the of us of the articulate when they arrive in Ilorin lately, officers of the crew like talked about.

Kwara United defeated Abakalilki FC by a 4-3 penalty shootout at the Mobolaji Johnson Enviornment, Onikan, Lagos, to win their first President Federation Cup title in the articulate’s 40-year historical previous.

The membership’s formative years crew put the icing on the cake at the the same venue the previous day, when they gained the National U-19 League title. A member of the crew’s administration committee told The Guardian the previous day that they've been instructed to get prepared for a huge reception by the of us of Kwara Deliver lately.

The legit, who pleaded anonymity, talked about: “Our governor and various high officers, who had been at the stadium to eye historical previous, promised to reward us handsomely if we gained the opponents. That was as soon as before the game in opposition to Abakaliki FC. Now, we hear that Ilorin has been embellished looking ahead to our return.

“This is able to per chance very properly be a double event as our boys like also gained the National U-19 League.”  The President Federation Cup final between Kwara United and Abakaliki FC ended goalless after law time, prompting a shootout to discover the 2024 champion. Kwara United triumphed 4-3 in the anxious penalty decider.

With the victory, Kwara United also secured a continental label and can fair aloof join Abia Warriors in representing Nigeria in the 2024/25 CAF Confederation Cup.