out the red carpet in honour of Super Eagles' midfielder, John Obi
Mikel over his UEFA championship victory on May 19 ,2012.
The ceremony which comes up on 2nd September, 2012 tagged "A Night
with Mikel is scheduled to hold at Teslim Balogun Stadium Lagos.
Paul Sambo, the Chief Executive Officer of Pelican Breed, the
organizers of the event said at a media briefing that there are over
3.5 million Chelsea FC fans in Nigeria and about two million in Lagos
alone while over 60,000 of these eager fans are expected to storm
Lagos for the Chelsea fans party.
"On the 19th of May 2012, history was made, as the European club
side, Chelsea FC for the first time since inception , won the coveted
UEFA Champions League Cup. Out of the multinational squad of highly
skilled professional football players that brought the unprecedented
glory to Chelsea FC, John Obi Mikel was the only Nigerian. It goes
without saying that Chelsea FC commands a great army of eager
supporters across the length and breath of Nigeria and the rest of
Africa", he said. He urged Nigerians, sports lovers and Chelsea fans
to support this event saying, "it is our event aimed at honouring our
very own , John Obi Mikel. Therefore, let us come out in large
numbers with unity of purpose to make it a memorable one"
Sambo also said the outline of the celebration include music fanfare
where prominent artistes from the Nigeria music industry will be
featured, ball joggling from past and present Super Eagles super
stars, dance from various dance group while assuring on security of
all that would be at the event.
On his side, John Mikel Obi has given his consent to grace the event
with his presence while promising all Chelsea supporters a funfilled
new season.
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