Enugu Community Unites Warring Villages With Football

Ogugu community in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State has concluded plans to stage a football tournament to unite its seven villages from an age-long crisis that had separated them.
Addressing journalists on the preparation for the game, the competition’s sponsor, Aloysius Ogbonna Jnr., said the tournament would kick off December 25 at Ogugu Central School field, Awgu and will be played till January 2, 2022.
Ogbonna said the seven villages in Ogugu — Ezioha Ogbodu, Ezioha, Uhuahu, Uhuagbo, Ibite, Ugwuoma and Uhuokpo — were expected to fully participate in the tournament.
“I decided to explore football to galvanise our youths for peace-building among the villages in Ogugu and beyond,” Ogbonna said.
“So, we want to use football as a platform to bring peace, unity and progress among our villages and also for our youths to use it to discover their talents in football.
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“Apart from entertaining and making our people happy during this festive period, I have plans to mentor the best players so that their talents won’t end up in the village.”
Tagged ‘Ogugu Ntuegbenese Anukaenyi Unity Cup 2021/2022, Celebration of Ogugu Football Legends Awards’, Ogbonna disclosed that winners of the tournament would go home with N1m, while the second and third-place teams would get N300,000 and N200,000 respectively.