The Lagos State have won the second
edition of the International Wheelchair Basketball Championship after
defeating Delta State 40-29 in the final played at the Indoor Sports
Hall of the National Stadium, Lagos.
The competition was sponsored by the
Grand Patron of the Wheelchair Basketball Federation of Nigeria, Victor
Ochei, who is also the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly.
For winning the championship, the Lagos team went home with a cash prize of N2m, while the Delta team got N1m for their efforts.
The Edo state team that finished third after beating their opponents from Benin Republic got a cash prize of N500,000.
Ochei, who was present at the competition where he watched the finals, promised that he would continue to bankroll the event.
He commended the teams from Ghana, Benin
Republic and Togo who participated in the competition. He gave plaudits
to the Nigerian teams for beating their foreign opponents, a situation
he said was an indicator that Nigeria is above other West African
countries in the sport.
The president of the Wheelchair
Basketball Federation of Nigeria, Mr. Bukola Olopade, also expressed his
delight on the success of the competition.
Olopade was full of commendations for
the sponsor and the Lagos State government for accepting to host the
championship. He noted that the standard of the event was better than
the maiden edition held last year.
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