Edo 2024 Guber: UNIBEN students clamor for Shaibu as VC Games end

Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt Hon Comrade Philip Shaibu, Friday, joined the University of Benin Community and football lovers to watch the football finals of the Vice-Chancellor Games, at the University Sports Complex in Ugbowo, Benin City.
The event was one in which students of the Varsity opened clamoured for Shaibu to emerge as the new governor of the state come 2024.

Speaking with Journalists shortly after the match, Shaibu acknowledged the human capacity development initiatives by Governor Godwin Obaseki, noting that three talented athletes from the University have been spotted by the Edo State Sports Commission scouts, who would integrate them for more trials and possible recruitment.

The event was witnessed by some Edo State Sports Commission members, led by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs Sabina Chikere, including some officials from the Edo State Football Association, among others.

The Vice-Chancellor’s Cup is an annual inter faculty football competition. This year’s competition commenced with a match between the defending champions, the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Faculty of Education.

The football match commenced soon after the final match between the female team of the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Engineering.

Five minutes into the match, the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences scored the first goal, through a spot kick by Merit.

Abdul-Jabbar scored a brace to end the hope of Education Faculty, while signaling his interest to join Bendel Insurance FC of Benin and drew applause from the over 20,000 spectators.

At the end of the match, Shaibu was presented with a medal by the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Lillian Salami, as the mammoth crowd cheered and erupted with chants of “Shaibu, the incoming Governor 2024”, took many by surprise.