By CHRIS SULEIMAN, Abuja
Coach Kadiri Ikhana of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) has been reported to have resigned his appointment as coach of the Ibadan side Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) club even as the Oluyole Warriors suffered the biggest defeat of the NPFL Match Day 17 fixtures with a 4-0 whitewash by Wikki Tourists of Bauchi on Sunday.
3SC have been struggling with a poor run of form of late an today’s defeat placed them on the 18 spot on log with 17 point from 17 games a position. This may be responsible for the resignation of coach Kairi Nkhana pundit averred.
unconfirmed report of coach Kadiri Ikhana’s resignation broke shortly after 3SC were handed a humiliating defeat in Bauchi. the 4-0 defeat was two-goals short of the earlier 6-0 embarrassing humiliation the team suffered in the hand of Kano Pillars.
Table toppers, Enugu Rangers whipped the league’s weeping boys, Ikorodu United by 4-1 in Enugu. Elkanemi Warriors and Heartland of Owerrri were the two clubs that picked away points so far, with MFM FC are yet to take on Niger Tonadoes in Lagos.
Elkenemi held Plateau United to. 1-1 draw in Jos while Heartland forced Kano Pillars to a goal-less draw in Kano. Earlier on Saturday, Enyimba of Aba defeated FC IfeanyiUbah 2-0 in an oriental derby while the match between Warri Wolves FC and Sunshine Stars ended 2 – 0 in favour of Warri Wolves.
Other results saw Abia Warriors 1 – 0 Rivers United FC, Akwa United FC 1 – 0 Nasarawa United FC, and Lobi Stars FC 2 – 0 Giwa FC
Below is how the clubs stand on the table after match-Day 17
R TEAM MP W D L PTS
1 Rangers Int’l 17 9 4 4 31
2 A. Warriors 16 8 6 2 30
3 W. Tourists 16 8 4 4 28
4 Kano Pillars 17 8 4 5 28
5 Lobi Stars 17 8 4 5 28
6 Rivers United 17 9 1 7 28
7 Akwa United 17 8 3 6 27
8 FC IfeanyiUbah 17 8 2 7 26
9 Warri Wolves 16 7 4 5 25
10 Enyimba 14 7 3 4 24
11 MFM FC 16 6 5 5 23
12 Heartland 17 6 4 7 22
13 Sunshine 17 5 6 6 21
14 Plateau Utd 17 5 6 6 21
15 Nasarawa Utd 17 7 0 10 21
16 Tornadoes 16 6 2 8 20
17 El-Kanemi FC 17 6 2 9 20
18 Shooting Stars 17 5 2 10 17
19 Giwa FC 17 4 2 11 14
20 Ikorodu Utd 17 2 4 11 10