Delta Athletes clamour for Oborevwori as new sports commission boss

Sheriff Oborevwori

In their determination to have a sports technocrat as replacement for the outgoing chairman of Delta Sports Commission, Tonobok Okowa, the state athletes have called on Governor Sheriff Oborevwori not to be deceived by some of the aspirants who are lobbying for the job.  Okowa’s tenure as Delta Sports Commission boss will end this February, and many aspirants are currently in a fierce battle for the job. 

Team Delta maintained its enviable position in the nation’s sports under the Okowa tenure, winning the National Sports Festival on three occasions, at Abuja 2018, Edo 2020 and Asaba 2022. Team Delta also won the National Youth Games a record seven times, and hosted several national and international events, including the 2018 Senior African Athletics Championships, the 2022 National Sports Festival and the National Youth Games in 2023.  Some of the athletes, who spoke with

The Guardian, yesterday, stated that one of the aspirants, Onoriode Oborevwori, popularly known as Onos, a former player with Fragile FC of Warri.  Onos played for Fragile FC in Warri in 1999, alongside the likes of former Super Eagles player, Joseph Enaikarhire and Ishola Shuaibu. He left football to concentrate on his hotel business.  One of the athletes, a track and field star, said: “Anybody coming to lead Delta Sports Commission should be someone with a strong financial base, and from our independent findings, Onoriode has strong financial base with multiple investment raging from hotels, sand distributor for buildings. We, athletes, require money from time to time, and the only way to avoid crisis within the system is to have such person as our chairman because in most cases, government money don’t come on time.”

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