Dare pledges support for Oyekola ‘Scorpion’ in WBF title defence

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, has pledged to support the current World Boxing Federations (WBF) Super Featherweight Champion, Ridwan ‘Scorpion’ Oyekola in his quest to defend his title against an opponent from Georgia, Giorgi Gogatishvili. The minister made the call while hosting the boxing champion and his crew at his Ibadan residence […]

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, has pledged to support the current World Boxing Federations (WBF) Super Featherweight Champion, Ridwan ‘Scorpion’ Oyekola in his quest to defend his title against an opponent from Georgia, Giorgi Gogatishvili.

The minister made the call while hosting the boxing champion and his crew at his Ibadan residence where he described the feat achieved by Oyekola as commendable and requiring every encouragement.

He, therefore, pledged the total support of his office in making the WBF belt’s title defence a reality despite the delay in staging the fight as the boxer was supposed to have defended the belt in the middle of this year.

“This administration placed a huge premium on youth’s capacity development and the success achieved by ‘Scorpion’ has gone a long way to prove the extent our athletes can go, if given necessary support and encouragement.

“We are going to support you to successfully defend this world boxing title. We are going to appeal to individuals and corporate bodies on your behalf,” said Dare.