A soldier of the
Nigerian Army, Private Lawal Riliwan of Nigerian Army Sports Camp, has emerged
overall Champion at the just concluded 2016 Edition of the Lagos
State
Governor's International Boxing Tournament which took place on Monday, December
26th at the Indoor Sports Hall, National Stadium Lagos.
During the
tournament, Private Lawal Riliwan defeated Dotse Dekpakou of the Republic of
Togo to emerge the Overall Best Boxer thus, winning the 2016 Governor's Belt.
You may recall that
Private Lawal Riliwan won the Gold Medal in the 60kg weight category of the
boxing event of the recently held Nigerian Army Sports Festival 2016 held at
Abuja in October this year.
Already, the Chief
of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, has personally and
congratulated Private Lukman for winning the Championship.
The Governor's Belt
as well known by all, is one of the oldest and most renowned boxing tournament
in the country. It has been won by great boxers such as Eddy Ndukwu, Obisia
Nwakpa and Davidson Andeh among others.
The Champion and his
highly valued trophy will be formally presented to the Chief of Army Staff at
the Army Headquarters Abuja later.
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