Hon. Abike
Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and
Diaspora has congratulated the Nigerian-born boxer, Anthony Oluwafemi Joshua
for defeating Wladimir Klitschko of Russia by defending his IBF heavyweight
title.
In statement signed by Abdurrahman
Balogun, Special Assistant on Media, Dabiri-Erewa stated that the victory of
Anthony was not only a thing of pride to Nigerians but the whole of Africa.
“I congratulate you on this
wonderful feat, for winning the biggest fight in British boxing history”
“We are truly proud of you and urge you to
continue to use your professional prowess to extol the virtues of Nigerian
heritage. Your shinning beacon serves as inspiration to the Youth of Nigeria’’
“Your victory, is also a
testimony , to the fact that Nigerians are great people contributing in many
ways to the development of the country and the continent as a whole”,
Dabiri-Erewa added.
The Presidential aide noted with
satisfaction that despite the challenges being faced by Anthony in his chosen
career, he remained focused and did not allowed that to lure him into any form
of criminality.
Anthony Oluwafemi Joshua defended his
IBF heavyweight title and fought for the vacant WBA (Super) and IBO heavyweight
titles against Wladimir Klitschko on April 29, before a 90,000 fans at Wembley
Stadium.
Anthony,
a 27-year-old heavyweight boxer with a
nickname “AJ”, is the currently
undefeated professional boxer, with 17 wins and an incredible 18 knockouts.
He
was born in Watford to Yoruba
parents from Southwest Nigeria and has a fellow unbeaten professional boxer,
Ben lleyemi, who made their professional
debuts together in 2013.
Joshua, who was a bricklayer before
taking up boxing full-time, excelled at football and athletics and broke the
nine year old 100m record with a time of 11.6 seconds.###30###
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