El-Kanemi Warriors bow out of CAF Confederation Cup to Dadje FC

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

2024 President Federation Cup champions, El-Kanemi Warriors crashed out of the 2024/2025 CAF Confederation Cup at the first Preliminary Round after a 2-1 loss to Dadje FC in the return leg on Saturday.

The first leg ended 1-1 at the Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne, Ogun State last Saturday.

Bless Selassi who scored in the first leg for Dadje FC broke the deadlock for the host in the 30th minute.

Seven minutes later, El-Kanemi Warriors restored parity before the half time break.

With nine minutes remaining for the game to end, Selassi scored the winning goal to seal a 3-2 victory on aggregate for the Benin Republic side.

With El-Kanemi Warriors bowing out of the CAF Confederation Cup, Enyimba which had a bye from the first Preliminary Round remained Nigeria’s sole representative in the CAF second tier tournament.

They qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup after their third place finish at the end of the 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) season.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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