BIRTH ANNIVERSARY: Organisers Honour 'The Creek Legislator' with Novelty Match, Announce Pondi Football Tournament 2025
The honourable member in the House of Representatives representing Burutu Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Julius Gbabojor Pondi, was honoured with a novelty football match as part of the activities lined up by his admirers to mark the birth anniversary of the federal lawmaker that is popularly referred to as 'The Creek Legislator'.
The novelty football match which held on the lawmaker's birthday featured two teams, namely Team Pondi Burutu and Team Pondi Gbaramatu, at the Ighokpadu school field in Okumagba Layout, Warri, Delta State, on Tuesday, November 19, 2024.
The ceremony which kicked off 4pm had in attendance the novelty match Coordinator, Lucky Tubotu and Hon. Emmanuel Gesikeme Akpule, as well as Truston Gbenekama among other personalities and spectators.
In the course of the game, the novelty match between team Pondi Burutu versus Team Pondi Gbaramatu went into penalty shootout arising from a goalless draw, that led to the former defeating the latter 6 goals to 5.
The coordinators, while commending the two teams for their display of talents and in entertaining spectators, thanked the players for their participation in the game.
Stressing on the federal lawmaker's love for sports, they announced plans for the Pondi Football Tournament 2025 to discover talents and to engage the youths in the Niger Delta region.
Other participants and spectators thanked the organisers for coming up with the initiative as they were entertained by the two teams.
They also offered their congratulations to 'The Creek Legislator' and wished him more years to continue to impact positively on the lives of the youths.
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