Kano Pillars recorded the biggest win of the Nigeria league season Sunday when they thumped visiting Shooting Stars 6-0.
Emmanuel Edmund grabbed a hat-trick with Ifeanyi Matthew, Adamu Mohammed and Nafiu Ibrahim also getting on the scoreboard.
Pillars now have 21 points from 12 matches. Ifeanyi Matthew opened scoring for Pillars with a low drive after 11 minutes, before Edmund doubled the lead in the 37th minute.
Edmund grabbed his brace in the 58th minute and completed his hat-trick in the 82nd minute, before late strikes by Adamu Mohammed and Nafiu Ibrahim.
The heavy defeat has clearly showed up the sharp divisions of Shooting Stars, whose players have not been paid for the past five months.
Playing before a full house at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano, Mohammed Baba Ganaru's men were quick to take the lead through Ifeanyi Matthew's low drive past Afeso Attah who was making his first start in goal for 3SC.
The Oluyole Warriors managed by a former Kano Pillars gaffer, Kadiri Ikhana, just found it difficult to keep up with the attacking pace of Emmanuel Edmund, Prince Aggreh, Matthew and Omo Johnson.
Eight minutes to the break, Edmund scored the first of his hat-trick and then followed up with two more goals on 58 and 82 minutes as Pillars took a four-goal lead.
Substitutes Adamu Mohammed and Nafiu Ibrahim also had their own share of the cake off 3SC with late goals as Pillars ran out six-nil winners to go fourth on the NPFL standings.
