Ubong Friday’s long range strike for Akwa United against ABS on Matchday 21 has won the VAT Wonder Goal of the week.
The Akwa United forward’s goal shook off a stiff competition from that of Godwin Obaje of FC Ifeanyi Ubah, the popular choice on the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Twitter poll.
47 percent of voters on Twitter preferred Obaje’s goal against Kano Pillars, Ubong secured 41 percent of the votes cast while Wilfred Ammeh of Niger Tornadoes had the remaining 12 percent.
An impressive 81.1 percent of the voters on the NPFL website (www.npfl.ng) favoured Ubong’s goal, Obaje had 12.4 percent of the voters while Ammeh had 6.5 percent.
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A total of 337 voters participated through the NPFL Twitter handle while 635 voted on the website poll.
The winner will receive N150, 000 – half of which he is expected to contribute to a charity of his choice within the city where his club is based.
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