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2023: Super Eagles legends campaign in South-West for Tinubu

Some Super Eagles players have visited some South-West states to promote the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate for the 2023 election, Bola Tinubu, and his running mate, Kashim Shettima.

Newsbreak.ng reports that the legends on Tuesday met with youth groups, football clubs, and athletes in Ibadan and Abeokuta, Oyo and Ogun States, respectively.

The legends which included former African Footballer of the Year, Victor Ikpeba, led by the organizers and Conveners of the Super Eagles Legend National Campaign Tour, Miss Sylvia Iwong Ugi and Dr. Hassan Abdulrahman, engaged thousands of youths in several activities during the Southwest tour of Ogun and Oyo State For Tinubu/ Shettima Presidential Project 2023.

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Events and activities at the Southwest Tours included a 50-team participation in a 5-aside football championship for Tinubu/ Shettima among youth teams. The eventual winner played against the Super Eagles legends (Team Asiwaju/Shettima) to round up the Championship.

It would be recalled that the Super Eagles Legends National Campaign was launched on December 10 at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano by President Muhammadu Buhari, who was represented by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila.

The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje was the chief Host while the Secretary of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), James Faleke alongside national leaders and stakeholders were in attendance with hundreds of fans and supporters of Tinubu and Shettima.

The train of the Super Eagles legends tour is expected to move to the South-South State of Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Rivers State.

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