Peller Unity Cup: Davido thrills as Shina Peller honours late father

By Akeem Lawal

NIGERIAN superstar, Davido thrilled the audience at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp, Iseyin, Oyo State on Tuesday.

Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports that the talented artist performed alongside other popular acts like Sound Sultan, Base One, Que Peller etc during the opening ceremony of Peller Unity Cup sponsored by Chairman Aquila Group of Companies, Shina Peller to mark the 20th year remembrance of his late father, Africa’s foremost magician late Professor Moshood Abiola Peller.

Davido, who made yet another impressive appearance on stage as usual, didn’t fail to keep the fans singing along with him.

The excited crowd, obviously thrilled by performances from the “IF” hit maker, cheered on as he performed hit after hit at the event.

Speaking with Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com on the competition which has a total of 300 players from 20 teams in 10 Local Government Areas of the state competing for one trophy, the popular socialite and acclaimed King of night life, Shina Peller said his gesture is not politically motivated as he is only keen at bringing football development to the youths of Oyo State through the 20 year remembrance of his late father.

 “The main objective for this event is to promote unit among our diverse community because they say charity begins at home. I've been doing things in Lagos, I owned six different companies, I'm on the board of several companies, I've done so well in Lagos and supported a lot of youths. I've spent time with the less privileged, visited the motherless babies homes, school for the blind and so on.

“I've been looking forward to this opportunity to be able to make something up for my people here and I can assure people of Oke-Ogun that they will be seeing me more because I am committed to this course. This is not political, I'm not registered with any political party. It's something I've been doing in Lagos and I'm doing it in Oke-Ogun and I don't think that is bad,” said Peller, who presented free sport kits to all participating teams.

The competition which end on Thursday, August 3, 2017 will see winners going home with cash prizes ranging from 1st Prize, N500,000; 2nd Prize, N300,000; 3rd Prize, N150,000; Most Valuable Player, N50,000; and N50,000 for Golden Boot winner.