Akwa United defender Olisa Ndah has named teammates Effiong Ndifreke has the best striker in the Nigerian professional football league at the moment.
Ndah believes the Chan Eagles striker’s work ethic placed him ahead of the like of Auwalu Ali of Kano Pillars and Isreal Abia of Rangers International of Enugu.
The three strikers have been impressive this season and have swapped placed at the top of the 2019/2020 Nigeria professional football league scoring chart.
Ndah who spoke to www.brila.net said the followers of the league are lucky to witness healthy competition among the trio this season, but insisted his teammate is the one who has impressed him the most.
“Effiong Ndifreke is the one who has impressed most, not because he’s my teammate, but he doesn’t just score goals he works effortlessly for the team,” he told www.brila.net.
The Dream Team VII defender, however, named the current league-leading scorer Israel Abia, as the toughest opponent he has faced this season.
The former Remo Stars man added that even though he was able to stop the former Sunshine Stars forward from scoring again the Promise Keepers, he still rate him as a good forward.
“Israel Abia is also good, Although I did not let him score against us both home and away he is a good striker strong, quick and dangerous.” He said.
Meanwhile, Effiong Ndifreke has netted eleven goals in the league this season for six placed Akwa United and he’s just a goal behind Isreal Abia on the chart.
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