Nigeria, Feb. 27 -- Team Edo on Thursday emerged overall winners of the second edition of the Niger Delta Games, ending a 24-year wait for a major sporting honour with a commanding performance on home soil.

In what many sports followers described as a major upset, the hosts delivered consistent and dominant displays across multiple events to finish top of the medals table with 52 gold, 34 silver and 25 bronze medals - an impressive total of 111 medals.

Delta State, who were runners up in the inaugural edition, settled for second place again with 39 gold, 29 silver and 34 bronze medals, totalling 102.

Bayelsa, winners of the innagural edition and regarded as one of the region's strongest sporting states, settled for third place this ter...