At the Umuganda Stadium on Saturday, Nigeria beat hosts Rwanda 4 - 1 to take a healthy lead into the return leg of their African Women&rsquo;s Championship qualifying fixture.<br /><br />After several missed opportunities, Azizat Oshoala opened scoring in the 34th minute and added a second for the eight - time continental champions five minutes later.<br /><br />In the second half, Esther Sunday and Ata&#351;ehir Belediyespor striker Desire Oparanozie registered their names on the score-sheet while Clementine Mukamana scored a beautiful free-kick goal for She-Amavubi.<br /><br />In his post match comments, Edwin Okon said :&ldquo;We deserved the win, we controlled the match most of the time and we had even prepared for the tie very well. <br /><br />&ldquo;Rwanda is a good team but still young. Given sometime together, they will make a solid side in the future.&rdquo;<br /><br />The return leg will take place on the weekend of June 6 - 8 in Nigeria, with the overall winner of the contest joining seven other nations in the final tournament in October.<br /><br />Photo Credit : fifa.com<br />