NIGERIA host first national freestyle competition at Ikeja city mall today

History will be made this Sunday as Ikeja City Mall in Lagos has the first Nigerian National Freestyle Football Championship in Nigeria, sorted out by Feet "n" Tricks Limited. 


On the decision of Ikeja City Mall as the scene of the occasion, Chief Executive Officer of Feet "n" Tricks, Odyke Nzewi said that the Mall has turned into the prime goal of decision for excitement and unwinding in Lagos, which would additionally be livened by initiations never found in this piece of the world. "Free-form football is about amusement, unwinding and rivalry, and we are set to make another stimulation business in Nigeria," Nzewi said on Friday. He said the sum total of what designs had been finished up to arrange a significant occasion that Lagos inhabitants would recollect for quite a while.

Nzewi said further: "The idea is new here in the nation yet truth is the abilities are here in wealth. We need to grandstand those we have picked as finalists.

"Our group has possessed the capacity to put in so much diligent work in every aspect of coordinations to make the members and fans appreciate the last on Sunday. We have a few astonishments too for a scope of individuals on the day. We are energized and hopeful of a fabulous occasion."

The occasion is being supported by GAC Motors, a result of Guangzhou Automobile Group Motor Company Limited, and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).

The President and Founder of the World Federation of Freestyle Football, Daniel Wood, will be in participation for the last of the main ever National Freestyle Football Championship.

Nzewi included: "Wood has affirmed to be here in light of the fact that many individuals are energized that Nigeria is joining the major association of nations that have grasped free-form football.

"There are other best authorities of the world body desiring the occasion, thus we have tried harder to organize an extraordinary Grand Finale come Sunday in Lagos."

Free-form football is the craft of juggling a football utilizing feet, knees, bring down legs, shoulders and the head, while at the same time performing inventive moves, without the ball touching the ground.

A previous Super Eagles captain, Nwankwo Kanu is among the three judges to administer the last of the main ever National Freestyle Football Championship.

A previous European Champion, Daniel Mikolaj, who is viewed as one of the Top 8 free-form football competitors on the planet in the previous five years, is the leader of the judges. Joel Asare, a two-time Ghanaian champion, will likewise be one of the judges. Asare spoke to Ghana in Tokyo, Japan at the Red Bull Street World finals 2013. Another football legend, Moses Amata has been named to join the judges' group for the anticipated National Freestyle Football Competition.

A huge number of passages were gotten by means of the assigned enrollment stage where members transferred a 30-second video of themselves freestyling. These video passages were subjected to a screening procedure by proficient judges after which 16 male and eight female free-form footballers have developed for the July 23 finals.

The victor of the title will run home with a salon auto, graciousness of GAC Motors in addition to N1 million, and will speak to Nigeria at the World Freestyle Championship to be held in Czech Republic in August.

Slated to perform at the occasion are prestigious Nigerian entertainers including KCEE, Timaya, Soma and SKIIBI