Izuchukwu OkosiThe chances of Bendel Insurance advancing to the group stages of the CAF Confederation Cup took a big hit on Saturday evening as they were held to a 1-1 draw by former winners of the tournament, RS Berkane in the first leg of the second preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup.
Former CAF Champions League winners RS Berkane of Morocco secured a favourable away result against Nigeria’s representative Bendel Insurance in Benin City Edo State.
The first leg of the second preliminary round of the CAF Confederation Cup was held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium and it ended 2-2 in favour of the North African country.
The host netted twice with the opening goal in the first half of the game before Hamza El Moussaoui equalised just before halftime.
Vincent Augustus restored the Insurance lead in the 60th minute and seized control of the game.
The Moroccan side scored a leveller in the 78th minute through Mohammed Mourabt after the Insurance backline failed to clear their lines.
The second leg is slated for Rabat, next weekend and the winner over the two legs will progress to the group stage of the competition.
Rivers United are Nigeria’s second representative in the second round of qualifiers of the competition.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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