By Niyi Busari

Coach of the Abuja-based Nigeria National League club, Nigeria Air Force, NAF FC, Yakubu Sambo has said that the team’s objective is to gain promotion to the Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL, Bestchoicesports.com.ng can report

With the second stanza of Nigeria National League resuming this weekend, Coach Yakubu Sambo of NAF FC are topping the group A1 table and are set to stay at the top till the end of the second round to pick one of the eight tickets for the Super 8 playoff at the end of the season.

“We’ve been looking for this opportunity to be on top and by the special grace of God we will maintain it. Understanding among the players and the technical crew are the reason we are topping the table till date.

“After each match we go back and make corrections, we are not looking at anyone but the mindsets of the players because they are the ones that will do the job.

“To keep their mindsets, we encourage them internally and externally and motivate them for the second round.

He further speaks on the club’s performance in the State FA Cup.

“We lost in FA cup via penalties and I will not blame the players, myself or the management.

We played a league match on Wednesday and we played FA cup again on Thursday there are lots of fatigue on my players, we beg the FCT Football Association to at least give us two days for our players to recuperate but they refused,” he stated.

The coach implored the club fans to stay by the team and promise that the club will pick one of the play off ticket.