Ex-PMAN President, Admiral Dele Abiodun, will mount the stage at the gala and awards night of this year’s Sobe Day celebration holding at St. Eugene’s Play Ground, Sobe in Owan-West Local Government Area of Edo State on Saturday, September 26.
A statement by the Chairman, Organising Committee of the anniversary, Dr. Funsho Osoro, said the week-long event that featured football competition, free medical services, folk tales, cultural performances, youths’ night and beauty pageant is an annual event organised to unite all sons and daughters of Sobe, especially those in the Diaspora for the development of the town.
The event, which was initiated in 1991 to commemorate the merger of Sobe with its kith and kin in Edo State, has evolved into a Christmas of sorts for the indigenes. Chairperson of this year’s celebration is U.S.-based academic, Dr. Kate Obasuyi (nee Addo).
