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Competition
By Olayinka Owolewa
Ilorin, May 12, 2017 (NAN) The 2nd Pastor Gbadebo Oyekan annual memorial football competition among churches will begin for 12 churches in Kwara on May 15, at the Sheikh Abdulkadri College, Ilorin.
Pastor Lucky Onome, the Chairman of the Organising Committee, who made the disclosure on Friday in Ilorin during the draws for the competition, said the 12 churches had duly registered.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the draws took place at Evangelical Baptist Church, Sawmill, Ilorin, with the churches drawn into four groups of three each.
According to the competition’s format, two churches will advance to the quarter-finals from each group.
Onome urged the participants not to show too much desperation to win, adding that the competition was introduced to foster unity among churches and cautioned against the use of mercenaries.
In Group A are Cherubim and Seraphim Movement Church No 15, Holy Ghost Harvest Church, Saw Mill and Zion Baptist Church, Adewole.
CAC, Oke-Isegun, Taiwo Isale is in Group B with Rhema Chapel, Tanke and Abundant Life Church International, Oko-Erin.
Group C has First Baptist Church, Surulere, Gospel Baptist Church, Surulere and Atunbi Baptist Church, Saw Mill.
Evangelical Baptist Church, Saw Mill, Grace House Assembly, Saw Mill and Alafia Oluwa Baptist Church, Osere are in Group D.
Cherubim and Seraphim Church No 15 and the defending champions, Holy Ghost Harvest Church will play the opening match on May 15.
The competition will end on May 30, at the Main-Bowl of the Kwara State Stadium Complex, Ilorin.
The organising committee members are Onome, Pastors Olatunbosun Olaleye and John Opadeji.
Others are Pastors Sunday Abiodun, who is the Chairman, Rev. Timothy Akangbe, Pastors Dennis Olorunyomi and Kayode Adebayo. (NAN)
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(Edited by Abiodun Esan/Peter Ejiofor)