At the football match to mark the beginning of Yakubu Dogara’s golden jubilee celebration, the titans converged on Abuja’s green pitch; earth hosted deities among men as billionaire magnates, Aliko Dangote, Femi Otedola and other stalwarts of Nigeria’s high society gathered in honour of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Hearts raced and pulses quickened in the wake of the August gathering as the city of Abuja heaved to the bulk of Nigeria’s heavyweights.
(From Left to right): Yakubu Dogara, Speaker, House of Reps; Aliko Dangote, Chairman, Dangote Group; Femi Otedola, Chairman, Forte Oil, Sam Iwuajoku and Oscar Onyema, at a novelty match held to celebrate Dogara’s 50th birthday in Abuja yesterday