El Kanemi Warriors struggled to score against their Beninoise opponents in Ikenne on Saturday during their CAF Confederation Cup Preliminary Round first-leg tie.
The Borno Warriors wasted a couple of chances, and it was a 95th-minute header from substitute Gimba Ajiji rescued the Nigerian side from a losing start in their continental assignment.
Coach Aliyu Zubair attributed his team’s lacklustre performance to match rustiness stemming from the absence of high-level games.