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Uka-Egbu emerges men’s champion at GHEII Open Darts Championship
ChampionNnamdi Uka-Egbu from Abia on Saturday in Abuja emerged champion of the maiden edition of the Global Harmony Envoy International Initiatives (GHEII) Open Darts Championships.
Uka-Egbu defeated Amandon Dewefa of Bayelsa 4-0 in the final of the 501 darts men’s singles event.
In the final game at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Uka-Egbu
defeated Dewefa who at 14 years was the youngest player at the championships.
Uka-Egbu later said he was happy that he won the championship in spite of the opposition.
“This is not the first time I’m winning a national championship. I expected to win the tournament because that was my aim, which was to come and win the tournament.
“But the reason of my success today is continuous training.
“However, I’m happy that the Darts Federation organised this championship and we want them to do more,” he said.
On his part, Dewefa said he was happy that he played in the competition’s final, as it was his first appearance in a national competition.
“I’ m still in the learning process of the sport and I ‘m not ashamed that I lost in the final match.
“I lost narrowly. But I will still ensure that at my next tournament I improved on my performance, better than what I did here,” he said.
NAN reports that Uka-Egbu received a prize money of N90,000, while Dewefa received N70,000.
Pius Famakin from Lagos and Oladore Olatunji from NPF, who both finished in the third position, received N50,000 each.
Oduwole Olatunji from Ogun who came fifth received N20,000
In the female category, Patricia John from Delta came first to receive N70,000 as prize money, while Queeneth Nwachukwu from NPF came second to receive N50,000.
Borokini Kehinde from Lagos and Oluchi John from Rivers came joint third to receive N30,000 each, while Comfort Haruna from Kaduna State received N15,000.
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Remain Calm, IBB International Golf Club Tells Members
It was an unusual scenario Saturday morning as the security agencies comprises of Police and DSS stormed the club, asking staff and members to vacate the club house and course.
While reacting to the incident, the release signed by Ibrahim Alhassan Babayo, the Captain of the IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja, described the incident as unfortunate and unexpected.
Ibrahim Babayo accused some minority members with vested interest who collaborated with some security men to seal the club in an attempt to disrupt the scheduled Extra-ordinary General Meeting of the Club.
The release urged everyone to remain calm, assured them that all necessary legal steps will be taken to ensure that the process of filing the Board of Trustees, BOT, vacancies is conducted correctly despite the attempts to derail the process.
The Captain said the club will not relent in its efforts to ensure fairness, transparency and due process prevail.
While assuring the members of continued support and trust, the statement asked the staff and members to await further instructions.
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