When the vote closed on the NWFL Super Six Matchday 2 Top Performer poll, one name was standing some distance clear of the rest. Ayatsea Hembafan scored the goal that completed Nasarawa Amazons’ comeback against the reigning champions, and the Nigerian women’s football audience made their verdict unambiguous.
Ayatsea Hembafan has been voted the NWFL Super Six Matchday 2 Top Performer, claiming the award with 597 fan votes after her stoppage time winner against Bayelsa Queens delivered three points and maintained Nasarawa Amazons’ perfect start to the championship round. The forward topped a six-player shortlist that included strong competition from two Edo Queens players and the historic trio from Abia Angels who helped their club record their first-ever Super Six victory on the same matchday.
Ayatsea Hembafan (Nasarawa Amazons) — 597 votes ✓ WINNER
Chioma Moses (Edo Queens) — 498 votes
Precious Oscar (Edo Queens) — 208 votes
Fatimah Oloko (Abia Angels) — 130 votes
Winner David (Abia Angels) — 54 votes
Onyedikachi Ekezie (Abia Angels) — 28 votes
Total votes cast: 1,515
The margin over Chioma Moses, who scored a first-half brace in Edo Queens’ 4-1 demolition of FC Robo Queens and finished second with 498 votes, reflects how deeply Hembafan’s goal resonated with supporters. A stoppage time winner against the defending champions, completing a comeback from a position where Nasarawa had fallen behind, carries a different emotional weight from goals scored in a match that is already decided. Fans voted accordingly. All the latest NWFL Super Six standings and news are available through FootballInNigeria.com.ng’s Bet9ja promotion code page as the title race continues in Port Harcourt.
What the Goal Meant in Context
Nasarawa Amazons were losing to Bayelsa Queens when Hembafan came on as a substitute during the second half of the Matchday 2 fixture. Chiamaka Ezekwugo had put the reigning champions in front in the 51st minute, and for much of the second half it looked as though Nasarawa’s unbeaten record would be ended by the very side whose title they were seeking to take. Farikikyen Moses pulled the game level with ten minutes remaining, and then, deep into added time, Hembafan arrived to settle it with the goal that confirmed three points and extended the Amazons’ unbeaten run to two matches in the Super Six.
The vote total of 597 from a pool of 1,515 represents a 39 percent share of all ballots cast, a comfortable plurality in a six way poll. The speed with which her votes accumulated after the matchday suggested that supporters of Nasarawa Amazons mobilised quickly and widely, reflecting the emotional impact a stoppage time comeback winner produces in a fanbase following a tight title race. The Matchday 1 Top Performer award had gone to Nasarawa Amazons’ Blessing Ogungbure, meaning the Lafia club now holds the individual recognition from both of the competition’s opening two rounds a detail that will not be lost on either the squad or their supporters. Nigerian women’s football fans can back Nasarawa Amazons and follow the title race through Nigeria’s top Bet9ja promotion code page ahead of the remaining three matchdays.
Abia Angels’ Triple Nomination Recognised
The distribution of the remaining votes tells its own story. Abia Angels had three players on the shortlist goalkeeper Fatimah Oloko, goalscorer Winner David, and centre-back Onyedikachi Ekezie and collected 212 votes across the three of them. The fact that David’s historic winning goal attracted only 54 votes and Ekezie’s defensive performance 28 reflects the challenge of converting historical significance into vote share when supporters are split between three nominees from the same club. Had the Abia contingent been consolidated behind a single candidate, the final result might have been different, though Hembafan’s margin over the nearest competitor still suggests she would have won in most realistic scenarios.
Precious Oscar’s 208 votes for her impact-substitute goal in Edo Queens’ win also deserve acknowledgment. Coming off the bench and scoring almost immediately is the kind of contribution that tends to attract disproportionate recognition from supporters, and her vote total reflected that. What the full picture of the Matchday 2 poll demonstrates is an engaged, active fan base that is following the Super Six closely enough to cast over 1,500 votes for individual performances in a domestic women’s football competition. The award now moves to Matchday 3, where Robo Queens ended Nasarawa’s unbeaten run with a 2-0 win over the Amazons. The Matchday 3 nominees will be confirmed through official NWFL channels shortly. All updates on the NWFL Super Six individual awards and match results are available at FootballInNigeria.com.ng.
📌 Did You Know?
- Nasarawa Amazons have now won the NWFL Super Six Top Performer award for both Matchday 1 and Matchday 2 of the 2025-26 championship round, with Blessing Ogungbure claiming the Matchday 1 recognition and Ayatsea Hembafan following with the Matchday 2 award.
- Hembafan’s 597 votes represent 39.4 percent of the total 1,515 votes cast in the Matchday 2 poll, a clear plurality in a competitive six player field that included two Edo Queens performers and three nominees from Abia Angels’ historic Super Six debut campaign.
- Abia Angels placed three players on the Matchday 2 Top Performer shortlist Winner David, Fatimah Oloko, and Onyedikachi Ekezie but collectively received only 212 votes between them. The vote splitting effect of multiple nominees from the same club is one of the structural dynamics of any fan poll with multiple representatives from a single team.
- Chioma Moses of Edo Queens finished second with 498 votes despite having scored twice in a 4-1 win, underlining that the emotional impact of a goal’s context can outweigh raw numbers in fan voting a brace in a comfortable win generates different energy from a stoppage time winner in a comeback against the reigning champions.
- Ayatsea Hembafan’s winning goal was scored as a substitute, meaning she was not in the starting lineup when Nasarawa Amazons fell behind to Bayelsa Queens on Matchday 2. Her impact from the bench, arriving in a tense match and delivering the winning goal in added time, represents one of the more celebrated substitute contributions of the Super Six campaign.
- The total of 1,515 votes cast in the NWFL Super Six Matchday 2 Top Performer poll represents a significant level of engagement for a domestic women’s football award in Nigeria, reflecting the growing audience for the NWFL Premiership and the competition’s Super Six championship round format.
- Abia Angels are based in Umuahia, Abia State, in southeastern Nigeria. Their debut Super Six campaign in 2025-26 has included a historic first win against Rivers Angels on Matchday 2, a 6-2 defeat to Edo Queens on Matchday 3, and three individual nominations in the MD2 Top Performer poll a range of experiences that reflects the genuine learning curve of a first championship playoff campaign.
