The Nigerian Army boxing team at the weekend emerged overall winners of the 2017 National Open Boxing Championships which held at the National Stadium in Lagos.
Recall that boxing teams from 20 States of the Federation, Armed Forces of Nigeria, Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and 9 boxing clubs including Kanu Nwankwo, Alafin, Golden Gloves, WWBA, Abbey International, Oba Adeyemi and Bukar Tiger, participated in the event.
The 6-day championship took place at the National Stadium, Suru-lere, Lagos State and it featured 10 weight categories for male and 3 weight categories for female boxers.
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At the end of fisticuffs, Nigerian Army team came out tops with 4-Golds, 1 Silver and 5 Bronze Medals; Lagos State came 2nd with 3 Gold, 6 Silver and 3 Bronze Medals while Nigeria Police Force came 3rd with 1 Gold 2 Silver and 1 Bronze Medals.
Ogun State came 4th with 1 Gold 1 Silver and 2 Bronze Medals.
A statement by Brigadier General Sani Usman, Director, Army Public Relations recalled that just two weeks ago, the Nigerian Army Marathon Team also had a fantastic outing at the 2nd Lagos City Marathon.
“With this development, the Nigerian Army team will be among the teams to represent Nigeria at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games in June, and also at the World Championships in August, 2017” he said.
The performance of Army teams in recent sporting competitions has been attributable to the resolve of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai to re-establish the Nigerian Army as a power house of Nigerian Sports.
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