Watch the bizarre own goal in Nigerian Premier League that has sparked match-fixing outrage

A unusual and shocking ain extremity successful the Nigerian Premier League clash betwixt Ikorodu City and Bayelsa United connected Wednesday, May 7, 2025, has acceptable societal media ablaze and sparked caller outrage implicit suspected match-fixing successful section football.

The incidental occurred successful the 11th infinitesimal of the game, with the people astatine 1-0 successful favour of Ikorodu City, who had taken an aboriginal pb done Okechukwu Nwanna conscionable 2 minutes in.

While Ikorodu were inactive connected the beforehand foot, defender Oyedokun Tosin attempted a regular backmost walk to goalkeeper Oluwadamilare Aina. What followed, however, stunned everyone watching.

Inexplicably, Aina failed to trap the shot nether minimal pressure, watching helplessly arsenic it rolled nether his ft and into the net, gifting Ikorodu City an ain extremity that leveled the people astatine 1-1.

The mode of the mistake has near fans questioning the legitimacy of the moment, with galore connected societal media accusing some players of engagement successful a match-fixing scandal.

Despite the confusion, Tosin aboriginal restored Ikorodu’s lead, lone for Sadiq Auwal of Bayelsa to equalise erstwhile much successful the 26th minute. But it was Shola Adelani who settled the lucifer successful the 62nd minute, scoring what proved to beryllium the victor successful a melodramatic 3-2 triumph for the location side.

The triumph was important for Ikorodu City, propelling them to 4th spot connected the array and into the CAF Confederation Cup qualification spots. Meanwhile, Bayelsa United dropped to 10th.

Clips of the ain extremity person since gone viral, with fans demanding investigations from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and league authorities.

Watch the video below:

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