Victor Chidume’s goal for Remo Stars in Makurdi against Lobi Stars on Match Day 29 was voted the best on both online platforms for the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) 10th VAT Wonder Goal award for the 2016/17 season.
His side lost the fixture 3-2, but Chidume’s goal made the shortlist alongside goals by Abdulrahman Bashir of Nasarawa United and Wasiu Jimoh of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC).
A total of 2223 votes were cast by fans, who voted on the NPFL website, with Chidume picking 1471 of the votes, representing over 66 percent of the votes. Jimoh came second on the website. The Shooting Stars player had 706 votes from the website, but trailed Abdulrahman and winner Chidume on the twitter polls.
In the final tally, Chidume polled 1583 votes, Jimoh 783 and Abdulrahman 141 of the 2510 votes, the second highest tally since the poll began from Match Day 20. Only Wasiu Alalade of Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) FC polled more with 1767 of a total of 2806 votes on VAT Wonder Goal 8.