Uprising Kano Pillars Football Team will battle out Abia Warriors of Umuahia to ascertain who moved to the final of this year’s Federation Cup
All the premier league sides coincidentally earned the tickets on Wednesday at Abuja the Federal capital on penalty kicks
While pillars thrashed fellow league side Sunshine Stars of Akure the Abia team luckily edged out giant killers Sokoto United who eliminated former champions Enyimba of Aba
The match which will come up on the nineteenth of this month will see whether Sai Masu Gida will be able to repay their opponents back over the home and away lost they suffered from them in the league
In the other game former champions Elkanemi Warriors of Maiduguri will engage underdogs Kebbi United being coached by Kano born Rabiu Tata on the same date
The winners of the matches will square up at a date to be announced to determine who will lift this year’s trophy
Beside Kano Pillars who won the trophy once and Elkanemi Warriors twice, the other two sides, have not lifted the cup
The Federation Cup, formerly known as Challenge Cup, is the second most prestigious competition in the country apart from being the oldest football event where unknown teams surprise popular ones each passing year
It is also an avenue for fishing out a promising stars for clubs and the national teams
