The Ondo State Football Association has charged Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko (AAUA) football team to be victorious in the finals of the Higher Institutions Football League (HiFL) that will be decided on Saturday.
The AAUA team, known as the Luminaries, is set to meet their counterparts from the University of Maiduguri in the final playoff.
In a statement on Tuesday in Akure by the Media Officer of the Ondo State Football Association, Segun Giwa, the finals will be played on in Lagos.
According to the statement, the association notes that winning the tournament will bring honour and prestige to the state.
“The team has done perfectly well by reaching the final of the tournament but will actually be historic if the trophy comes to Ondo State,” the statement said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that AAUA Luminaries qualified from the Benin Centre, having defeated the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. It also crushed the University of Lagos in the quarterfinal.
In the semifinals, AAUA eliminated the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) on away goal.
NAN reports that the HiFL competition was organised by Pace Sports and Entertainment Marketing, in collaboration with the Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA).
Ondo FA charges AAUA Luminaries to win football tourney
