Sports family pay tributes to Aboderin-5

Written by Fairchick Date
Ashiru said, "What we will miss most about him is his love for sports.
It's very rare to find people like him leave their personal businesses
for sports; he was a rare breed. Some people knew him just as a
sportsman, not as chairman of PUNCH because of his love for
sports.Punchngnews

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