Both Rivers and Lagos states have expressed readiness to win the maiden edition of the Governor Wike Wrestling Championship, which kicked off at the main bowl of the prestigious Alfred Diete Spiff Sports Complex in Port Harcourt at the weekend.
This is just as the Minister of Youth Development and Sports; Barr Solomon Dalung will join Governor Nyesom Wike, alongside other dignitaries to declare the championship open on Monday, November 27, 2017.
Dalung will also unveil the logo and mascot for the African Wrestling Championship, which Rivers state is hosting in 2018.
Wrestling Head Coach, Rivers State Sports Council, Oyonomunude Eli in a chat with sports journalists expressed the readiness of the state’s wrestlers to sweep all medals available in the championship.
According to him, Rivers is the home of wrestling and as such, they were adequately prepared to surmount their opponents and prove that they were not just hosting but ready to win in a free and fair contest.
He disclosed that Rivers was presenting 60 male and 30 female wrestlers in both freestyle and Greco-Roman events, adding that they were prepared to compete well.
Also speaking, the Secretary of Lagos State Wrestling Association, Somade Ganiat declared that they were not in Port Harcourt for mere participation but to cart away available gold medals.

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