Mohbad, Brymo Set NPFL Championship Playoff Aglow

*Rivers Utd, Bendel Insurance to kick off Match-day 4 fixtures at 2pm today

The Nigeria Premier League (NPL) Championship Play-offs 2022/2023 will be set aglow when Nigerian musical icons Mohbad and Brymo will take the centre stage on Match-day 4 today and Match-day 5 on Sunday respectively to thrill and entertain fans at Mobolaji Johnson Sports Arena Onikan.

Rivers United and Bendel Insurance will kick off Match-day 4 games at 2pm local time while Lobi Stars will take on Remo Stars immediately after the first game at 4pm. Sunshine Stars will square up against Enyimba International of Aba for the last match of the day.

NPL strategic partners, GTI, alongside the Interim Management Committee (IMC) have so far offered the football fiesta free to fans who thronged the match venue to watch hostilities in Matchdays 1, 2 and 3 but has introduced tickets starting from today through Sunday when musical shows will commence.

GTI/TNFF Head of Media & Publicity, Andrew Ekejiuba, told journalists in Lagos that the musical variety is being introduced to spice-up the event that has attracted football fans cum stakeholders within and outside Nigeria.

“On Friday, June 9, which is Match-day 4 of the ongoing NPL championship play-offs, we will be having on the sideline stage, Mohbad, one of Nigeria’s established Afrobeat Hip Hop star performer on parade with his singers and also on Sunday, June 11 for the closing events, Brymo, another big name in the musical industry will take to the stage to thrill fans and stakeholders of the beautiful game in Nigeria.

“We believe a mix of music and football is good for the rebuilding of the NPFL brand by tapping into the appeal of music to our huge youth population to drive the project of restructuring the Nigerian football league,” Ekejiuba said.

He further revealed that the entry to the VIP extension will now attract ₦2000 while the popular terraces will require ₦1000 access fee. 

Ekejiuba affirmed that access to the VIP Box will be strictly by invitation as only those with the official access tags would be admitted.

Enyimba and Rivers United are tied at the top on five points after three games while Remo Stars and Bendel Insurance are also tied on three points with Sunshine Stars and Lobi Stars having two points each.

The Play-off will determine the winner of the NPFL 2022/23 season and will also throw up the two teams that will fly Nigeria’s flag at next year’s CAF Champions League, while the third-placed team will be going for the CAF Confederation Cup.