A former World Boxing Federation title
holder, Bash Ali, caused a scare at the National Stadium, Abuja on
Thursday in his desperate bid to get the attention of President Goodluck
Jonathan.
Jonathan was at the stadium to
inaugurate a youth campaign, Rhythm ‘n’ Play, aimed at enhancing mass
youth participation in sports activities and age grade competition.
Immediately after the President
delivered his speech and was making his way out of the Velodrome venue,
Ali, who has been appealing to the Federal Government to support him in
the staging of a world-record boxing fight to be hosted by Nigeria,
started moving towards him.
When the boxer discovered that the President did not notice his gesture, he raised a placard and moved desperately towards him.
As he moved to run towards the President, a security agent stationed near him quickly held him.
The attention of dignitaries, who
attended the event, including the President, turned to Ali while he was
struggling desperately to break lose from the security agent’s firm
grip.
It was at that point that the President asked that the boxer be allowed to approach him.
Ali engaged Jonathan in a discussion in
hushed tone for about three minutes to the bewilderment of dignitaries
who were already standing to see the President off to his car.
Abeg, this man still wan fight? Make he no go die for ring ooo
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