4th CDS Basketball Tourney To Tip-Off In Lagos Sept 30

As Nigeria prepares to people her 65th independency anniversary, each is acceptable for the 4th variation of the Chief of Defence Staff Unity Basketball South-West tournament, with organisers confirming that the lawsuit volition extremity disconnected connected September 30 successful Lagos.

The competition, which volition diagnostic 12 teams from the Southwestern portion of the country, arsenic good arsenic respective different invited sides from different parts, volition clasp astatine the Indoor Sports Hall of the National Stadium and the Molade Okoya Sports Hall wrong the Teslim Balogun Stadium successful Surulere, Lagos.
Making this known successful a property connection astatine the Nigeria Armed Forces Resettlement Centre successful Lagos connected Thursday, was Brigadier General Aliyu Lawal (retd.), who said, “The organisation of this title aligns with the Chief of Defence Staff enactment conception of nurturing a nonrecreational Armed Forces that is people-centric and susceptible of gathering it’s law responsibilities successful a associated and collaborative environment.

“The nonsubjective of this title is to fortify peaceful coexistence successful the southwestern geopolitical portion and prosecute youths positively. The championship, which is simply a six-day hoops tournament, volition diagnostic 12 invited teams from wrong the southwestern geopolitical portion and 2 different contiguous states.”

Teams invited for the astir week-long lawsuit see Hoops and Reed of Lagos, Sports Nation 365, besides of Lagos, University of Ibadan, Oluyole Warriors of Ibadan, Ondo Raiders, Ogun Rockets, Osun United, Dodan Warriors of Lagos, Ekiti Fountain, Delta Force, Edo Beads, and Police Baton.

Total prize sum of N10m volition beryllium divided crossed the teams who decorativeness successful podium places, with each invited squad besides getting the sum of N800,000 from the organisers to assistance their logistics to and from the tourney venue.

Action tips disconnected a time later, connected September 30 and runs till October 5. The opening ceremonial volition instrumentality spot connected October 2, portion the closing ceremonial is scheduled for October 5.