Ohanaeze redeems Federal Government’s 48-year debt to Enugu Rangers heroes

Ohanaeze redeems Federal Government’s 48-year debt to Enugu Rangers heroes

Forty-eight years after the Federal Government short-changed Enugu Rangers, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has finally stepped in to right the wrong. At an emotional ceremony in Enugu on Wednesday, the apex Igbo body paid each surviving member of the 1977 African Winners’ Cup-winning squad N1 million, fulfilling a pledge the Federal Government never redeemed. In 1977, when Rangers conquered Africa, the government rewarded them with N25,000 — half of …

Ohanaeze Settles 48-Year-Old Debt to Enugu Rangers Legends on...

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Ohanaeze Redeems 48-Year-Old Pledge To Ex-Rangers Players

The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Wednesday, gifted the veterans of the 1977 victorious Rangers International Football Club of Enugu the sum of N1m each. THE WHISTLER gathered that in 1977, when Enugu Rangers won the African Winners Cup, the federal government awarded the team ₦25,000. The sum, it was learnt, was less than the ₦50,000 given to ICC Shooting Stars of Ibadan after their victory in the same competition in 1976. FG had promised to up…