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Nigerian Boxer Attacked By Gunmen Shortly After Gov Makinde Gave Him N10m

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4 years ago

Mar 12, 2021.

Governor Seyi Makinde recognizes the Boxer who represents the country so well
Oyekola, the Boxer recounts how the Gunmen attacked him as well as his friends
The news garners reactions

Famous Nigerian boxer, Oyekola was reportedly attacked by Gunmen shortly after the Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo State gave him a cheque of 10 million naira.

According to reports, Seyi Makinde, the Governor of Oyo State gave him the cheque at the state Secretariat on Thursday evening.

Ridwan Oyekola who’s also known as Scorpion is the current World Boxing Federation International Super Featherweight Champion.

The Governor of Oyo State who was happy with his victory over Lucas Montesino from Argentina in December 2020 gave him the money for making the state proud, EKO HOT BLOG gathered.

However, on his way back he was attacked by Gunmen. Oyekola narrated how the Gunmen attacked them as he wanted to drop a friend that joined him at the event at Mokola after they left the Government secretariat.

“As we left the government secretariat, the venue of cheque presentation, I wanted to drop a friend that accompanied me to the event at Mokola, I just saw a vehicle and it followed us along NTA to Total garden area, and the two men were pointing guns at us to stop.”

“I was shocked and swerved the car to escape them but fell into a ditch. The assailants drove off after noticing that the car had fallen off from the road.”

Oyekola said it was by the grace of God that they escaped death, he was driving with two other persons in the vehicle who are his friends, Habeeb ‘Ige’ Oladeji who’s another boxer, and his friend Adesina Sheriff.

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