Akwa United ended their three-game winless run as they gained maximum points against Heartland FC on Monday.
The Promise Keepers edged the visitors with a comfortable 2-0 win at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium to move out of the drop zone.
Akwa United started the match with clear intentions to put their recent miseries behind them as they created a handful of chances in the first half.
Ebuka Nwokocha had quite a busy evening in between the sticks for Heartland as he made a good number of saves.
The 26-year-old stopped David Phillip, Wisdom Ndom and Friday Apollos efforts towards goal in a five-minute period.
Unfortunately, Nwokocha became the Villain a few minutes later as he bought down Osoba Kabir in the box.
Endurance Ebedebiri stepped up and converted the spot kick to give Akwa United the lead heading into the break.
Akwa United’s goalkeeper Darlington Ovunda was called into action as he made a brilliant save from a free kick to keep his scoreline the same.
The host started the second half just like the first which led to the second goal eight minutes after the hour mark.
Chijioke Alaekwe met David Philip’s corner kick into the box with a sublime header to double the advantage for the former champions.
The home side held on to their lead until the blast of the final whistle as the vistors barely threatened them in the second half.
Akwa United have moved out of the drop season heading Christmas as they occupy the 17th spot with 19 points after 18 matches.
Emmanuel Amunike’s Heartland are just two points better than Akwa United. Although the Nazi Millionaires occupy the 13th spot on the NPFL table.
