Lagos Athletes Win N2.4m At Akpabio Scrabble Classics

Lagos State Government has been reaping the fruits of grassroots sports development as many of the state's budding athletes have won laurels in both national and international championship.

One of such successes was Team Lagos' outing at the just concluded Godwin Akpabio International Scrabble Competition in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State at the weekend.

John Ayedun, who was part of the Team Lagos scrabble team at the Eko 2012 National Sports Festival and who has been given full employment by the Lagos State Government, won the Open Category in the final with a star prize of one point one million naira .

Another Lagos athlete, Ayo Adekunle, who came second in the open cadre was rewarded with the sum of five hundred and forty thousand naira.

In the intermediate category, a Lagos athlete, James Ewruje,  came second and he was a proud winner of eight hundred thousand naira making a total of two point four hunred and forty thousnad naira.

Chairman of Lagos State Scrabble Association, Dayo Alao, said he was not surprised with the feat recorded by Team Lagos at the Akpabio tourney, because the association has been engaging them in series of competitions such as the Lagos International Scrabble Classics and the DAWN Games 2014.

Director of Sports of Lagos State Sports Council, Kweku Tandoh, who was in Uyo with the athletes, thanked the state's Sports Commissioner, Wahid Enitan Oshodi, for supporting the team to feature in the competition.