A novelty football match will soon be organised in Owerri between visiting artistes and Imo state-based artistes in what has been tagged ‘Imo Celebrity Showdown’.
The winners will slug it out with Globacom Premier League side, Heartland FC of Owerri, the same day in what promises to be an explosive encounter.
According to the organisers of the event led by Emma Duru, who happens to be the Special Assistant to Governor Rochas Okorocha on Youth Matters, the matches would be organised with interlude of musical displays by some notable Nigerian musicians.
He further informed that his group, through the event, would be mobilising about 1.5 million youths and that the money realised would be donated to charity.
Artistes expected at the showdown are KC Presh, Snoop Dogg, Free Wings, Mr Ibu, Nkiru Sylvanus, Egbeigwe, Terry G, Kelly Handsome, etc.
Reacting to the Entertainment showdown, the General Manager of Imo ENTRACO, Hon Henry Ike, pledged his support to the celebrity event. He assured that he would go home and study the proposal to know where he would fit in.
The entertainment friendly Imo Entraco boss advised the organisers to seize the opportunity afforded by the showdown to plan well and search for talents, adding that by so doing, they would have put their organisation and the state on the entertainment map.