2019 Sheriff Mulade Peace Cup, Tebijor Fc Trashes Ugborodo Fc 3-0, As Amb. Mulade Sues For Peace, Unity And Tolerance In Nigeria

2019 Sheriff Mulade Peace Cup, Tebijor Fc Trashes Ugborodo Fc 3-0, As Amb. Mulade Sues For Peace, Unity And Tolerance In Nigeria

Francis Tayor

Warri____ The 2019 edition of Ijaw/Itsekiri Peace and Unity Cup, also known as Comrade Sheriff Mulade Peace Cup kick started yesterday Saturday 16th November, 2019 as the defending champion, Tebujor Fc trashes Ugborodo Fc 3-0 at the opening ceremonial match in Ugborodo Community.

The game which kick started at about 2:30.pm as Tebujor scored 2-0 against their host team Ugborodo Fc at the first  45.minutes. Thereafter, Tebujor Fc scored additional one goal during the second half, making it 3-0 before the game ended at exactly 4:45.pm. Meanwhile, the opening match was just for entertainment and ceremonial purpose without attracting any point.

It will interest you to note that, the 2019 edition of Comrade Sheriff Mulade Peace and Unity Cup will attract 2.2million naira for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd position teams at the end of the tournament in two weeks time. The 1st prize is 1million, 2nd prize #700,000 and 3rd prize #500,000 respectively. Also, there shall be other consolation prizes for best players, highest goal scorer among others.

Addressing the Press at the opening ceremony, the organizer of the tournament, Comrade Sheriff Mulade thank and welcome everyone present at the event. He said; " This years edition is the second edition of the ljaw/Itsekiri Peace and Unity football Cup. He stressed that the brain behind the football tournament is to foster peace and Unity between the ljaw and ltsekiri ethnic groups in Warri South-West LGA, Delta State. According to Mulade, the tournament is also aimed at discovering grassroot football talents, as well as engaging the mindset of our youths positively to embrace peace and tolerate one another as one. He added that the best performing thirty players at the end of the tournament would be registered as a coastal team in the Nigeria Premier League. He therefore, urged the players to put in their best in the game, in order to be selected among the lucky ones at the end of the tournament, Mulade stated."

However, the Deputy Governor of Delta State, His Excellency, Barr Dcn. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro was represented by the Commissioner for Oil and Gas Delta State, Chief Amman Amgbaduba, who kick started the ceremonial match between Tebujor and the host Community, Ugborodo FC officially at about 2: 30 pm.

Other dignitaries present at the event includes; the member representing Warri South-West Constituency in Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Dennis Emomotimi Guwor, Hon Arex Akemotubo, SSA to the Governor on Political Matters, Amb. Jude Ukori, Chairman Egbema/Gbaramantu Development Foundation, the representative of Chevron Nig. Ltd, Mr Bobby Eliot, Comrade Emma Akpule, SA to the honorable Commissioner Oil and Gas Delta State, and other dignitaries too numerous to mentioned.