Ejeh wins 4th Bar and Bench golf tourney

Emmanuel Ejeh, on Saturday, emerged the overall winner of the Bar and Bench Golf Championship held at the IBB Golf and Country Golf Club, Abuja. The one-day championship got underway over the weekend with a ceremonial tee-off, with over 213 golfers in their different categories participating in the tournament. Ejeh posted a score of 45 […]

Emmanuel Ejeh, on Saturday, emerged the overall winner of the Bar and Bench Golf Championship held at the IBB Golf and Country Golf Club, Abuja.

The one-day championship got underway over the weekend with a ceremonial tee-off, with over 213 golfers in their different categories participating in the tournament.

Ejeh posted a score of 45 points with a net of 9.1 to outplay over 200 players who featured in this year’s edition.

Ejeh said the victory meant a lot to him and will spur him to improve on his game.

“The game is all about being calculative, very patient and a whole lot of determination and I am champion today,” he said while speaking after receiving the giant trophy.  

While speaking at the event, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, represented by Justice Helen M. Ogunwumiju, said golf provides an opportunity for people to avoid ill health as they grow old.

On his own, the Chairman Organizing Committee, a retired Judge of the Court Of Appeal, Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi, said the objective of the tournament was to strengthen the cordial relationships between the bar and bench profession.

In her remark, the President of the Court Of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, said: “It’s a tournament of love between Bar and Bench.”