Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri (left) and Special Advisor to FIFA President, Amaju Melvin Pinnick...at the UEFA Champions League final venue in Budapest penultimate weekend
Duro Ikhazuagbe
The Director General of the Prosperity Cup, the biggest grassroots football tournament in the country, Ono Akpe, has hailed UEFA for extending invites to Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri and former NFF and FIFA Council Member, Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick OFR ROI, as Special Guests at this year’s UEFA Champions League final in Budapest, Hungary.
Both Diri and Pinnick were the only Nigerian VIPs at the Champions League final between PSG and Arsenal that the French team won in penalty shootouts a fortnight ago.
Akpe told THISDAY at the weekend that it was something special to be singled out for recognition and be invited as VIP to the Champions League final that was the global centre of attention that weekend.
