WAFU-B: Okpebholo splashes N50m on Edo Queens

Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo, has rewarded Edo Queens with a sum of N50 million for emerging as champions of the just concluded CAF Women’s Champions League Qualifiers which held in Ouagadougou, capital city of Burkina Faso.

Okpebholo, who received the victorious team at the Government House, Benin City, praised the girls for making Edo State and Nigeria proud.

The governor said, “I want to commend you girls for your victorious outing in Burkina Faso. You have made Edo State and Nigeria proud. I congratulate us all. The reason why you went to war is for you to gain victory and you went to war and conquered. That is why we are all celebrating you today.

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“When you played Ghana first, your chairman refused to tell you girls that I said you will beat Ghana again. If you had beaten Ghana first, they would have defeated you at the final. Your first defeat to Ghana was a blessing in disguise. For making Edo State proud, I’m rewarding you people with the sum N50 million.”

Chairman of Edo State Sports Commission, Amadin Enabulele, in his remarks at the ceremony, commended the governor saying the team would not have succeeded without his support.

He, however, said preparations for the CAF Women’s Champions League would start in earnest to prepare for the battle ahead.