By Isyaku Ibrahim
Remo Stars of Ijebu Ode have clinched this year’s Premier League to follow the suit of private teams that lifted the cup
The club from Ogun State secured the feat Sunday evening after defeating visiting Niger Tornadoes by one goal to nil
The team became the first team from South West to lift the trophy since defunct Julius Berger did the same in 1991
The side garnered 68 points to put a ten points gap ahead of their closest rivals Rivers United who lost to Kano pillars at Sani Abacha Stadium by two unreplied goals last Friday
The marvelous effort by the Ogun State outfit coached by Samuel Ogunmudede,listed them among the few private clubs that won the domestic event countrywide since the competition started in 1974
Others include Raccah Rovers of Kano way back in 1978,BCC Lions of Gboko,Leventis United of Ibadan, Iwuanyawu Nationale of Owerri and earlier mentioned Julius Berger of Lagos all now defunct
