Plateau United got an important win towards their fight away from the drop zone with a hard fought win over Kano Pillars while Bendel Insurance claimed a slim win over Sunshine Stars on Saturday, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports.
The Peace Boys came from a goal down to win 2-1 at the New Jos Stadium in the match day 30 encounter.
The host had to rallied back in the second half following Jerry Alex 31st minute goal that put the Sai Masu Gida side.
Sam Pam Jr head in from Daniel Itodo's throw-in on 58 minutes to level the score for the home side before Saka Gafar completed the comeback for Plateau Utd on 77 minutes, 9 minutes after coming off the bench.
At the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Kayode Oke's goal on 21 minutes was all Insurance needed to compound Sunshine Stars' woes.
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