It was sweet moment for the Nigeria Customs Service team in the Saturday's final of second edition of Ogun SWAN Security and Safety Cup, as they came out hard on the Nigerian Police Machine, dismantling the machine 4-1 to emerge new champions of the competition
The ruthless Customs side took early lead within three minutes of the encounter played inside the lush green main pitch of the MKO Abiola International Stadium in Kuto Abeokuta and later extended the margin, to end the first half with two goals advantage
The Police Machine reduced the margin within seven minutes of the remaining half, before the Customs came out forcefully into the encounter to score two more goals to put the match beyond the back to back finalists
The Chief Coach of the victorious team, Ahmed attributed the success to the understanding among the players whom according to him, have been playing together as a team in third division of the National League in the country
The coach urged other security agencies to encourage their young talented officers to engage in sporting activities such as football, so as to enable them build formidable team for the competition
He lauded the ability of the Ogun State chapter of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria SWAN in organizing the competition, describing the everything about the competition powered by LADO Group and other sponsors as perfect
Earlier the losers final played, last year's champions, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC side thrashed Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps TRACE team 5- 0, to win the consolatory bronze and cash prize of N100,000 ,the Police received a cash prize of N150, 000 for winning silver while the new champions, Customs smiled home with gold and cash prize of N250,000
State Chairman of SWAN, Alhaji Hakeem Akintunde appreciated all the security and safety agencies who participated at the competition, assuring them of better package in the next edition of the competition
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