The UK Premiership Club tweeted: “Congratulations to our African partners @FCIfeanyiUbah and @Dr_IfeanyiUbah on winning the Nigerian Federation Cup for the first time!”
FC Ifeanyiubah emerged champions of the 2016 Federation Cup after defeating Nasarawa United at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on Sunday.
The Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) side claimed their first major title in Nigeria in a penalty shootout that ended 5-4 in their favour after the full time of 90 minutes produced no goals.
It was the first time that both teams were playing in the Cup final but it was the third time they went head to head this season after playing two matches in the top division.
The Hammers agreed a historic partnership with Nigeria Premier League side FC Ifeanyi Ubah as part of the long-term agreement signed with the club’s principal investor Capital Oil and Gas Ind. Ltd in August.
The partnership between West Ham and FC Ifeanyi Ubah, which will see the clubs work together to produce and develop young Nigerian footballers, was confirmed last month at a gala event in the West African country’s largest city, Lagos.
Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah, who founded Capital Oil and Gas in 2001 and bought the club which now bears his name in 2015, welcomed West Ham’s managing director Angus Kinnear and a host of leading dignitaries from Nigeria’s political and sporting worlds to the launch event.
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