Lisabi Festival games winners get cash, gifts

It was an exciting moment for winners of the traditional Ayo Olopon competition, one of the high points of the 36th Lisabi Festival in Abeokuta, Ogun State, as Eagle Aromatic Schnapps, a key festival partner, showered the winners with cash prizes and gifts yesterday.

Lisabi Festival is the cultural event celebrated yearly by the Egba people of Ogun in honour of the legendary Lisabi, a hero of the Egba liberation struggle from the dominance of the old Oyo Kingdom. In the male category, the first prize went to Johnson Adeoye; Rasheed Akanbi got the second prize, while Seun Aiyedun won the third position. For the female category, Aderonke Lawal won the first prize; Fatimot Adeniyi the second prize and Salimat Adeokun the third. In addition to the cash prizes, the winners also got various gifts.

Presenting the prizes to the winners, the Category Manager, Intercontinental Distillers Limited, Mr. ‘Tofunmi Opaleye, commended them for displaying great skill and dexterity during the brain-engaging local game, while noting that some of the important benefits of Ayo Olopon include the ability to think fast on the spot, take the right decision and make the right move when it matters most, and can-do spirit.

In his remarks at the event, Chairman of the Education Committee, Lisabi Festival, Mr. Abiodun Soetan, described Ayo Olopon, referred to as the game of intellectuals, as a good recreational sport with numerous benefits including promotion of mental health.

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