Willie Obiano Professional Wrestling Championship 2017, Local Organising Committee confirms change in date.
The newly inaugurated Local Organizing Committee (L.O.C),
of the 2017 Willie Obiano Professional Wrestling Championship has confirmed the
postponement of the Tournament earlier scheduled to commence on July 14, 2017.
Formally slated to hold at Dr. Alex Ekwueme square, Awka,
the Anambra state capital on the mentioned date, the event has been shifted to 3rd
of September at the same venue, this according to the committee was due to
circumstances beyond it.
The L.O.C
“The championship was formally slated to hold on 14th
of July but due to the fact that this committee was just inaugurated and due to
other unforeseen circumstances beyond the committee, the tournament is here by
shifted to 3rd September 2017”
Chairman of the L.O.C, Mr. Tony-Uche Ezekwelu, an
Engineer, in a Press Release explains that the change in date was for the good
of the tournament stating that the event which will feature the best
professional wrestling will attract wrestlers from Nigeria and other African
countries.
Mr. Ezekwelu appeals to all sports loving and good
spirited citizens and corporate bodies in the state and nation at large to give
the committee the necessary support and sponsorship in its quest to making the
championship a memorable one.
“We also wish to use this opportunity to reach out
to Nigerian at home and in diaspora, Anambrarians, good spirited individuals,
sports lovers, cooperate organizations to do their social corporate
responsibility by supporting the committee in one way or the other”
He commended Governor Obiano for resting trust on
them to champion the course of the great event while promising of an epoch
making outing.
De Executioner
Meanwhile the Yet to be Defeated National Light
Heavyweight Champion, Angus Emeadi, alias De Executioner, has vowed to retire
his South African opponent and the
current African Light Heavyweight Champion, Steve Power in the forth comimg 2017
Willie Obiano Professional Wrestling Championship.
De Executioner in a media chart with journalists in
Awka, disclosed that he had prepared relentlessly for the title fight which
will on September the 3rd this year at Dr. Alex Ekwueme square,
Awka.
“I believe that 3rd of September will decide the order of the day
but I promise Anambrarians and Nigerians at large that Steve Power coming to
fight De Executioner in Nigeria, had made a regrettable decision of his life
because I have prepared seriously for the fight”
However the General Secretary of the National
Wrestling Board, Mr. Ralph Nwafor has assured the Local Organizing Committee
for the Tournament of the support of the Board’s technical team.
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