Oba Adeniji-Adele Boxing carnival holds July 12 in Lagos

Lagos – The family of a former of  Oba of Lagos, Oba Dipo Adeniji-Adele, will stage a boxing carnival to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his death, a family member said.
One of the sons of the late Oba, Adegboyega Adeniji-Adele, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday that the event would be used as a memorial for the Oba, who was a boxer at his youth.
According to Adeniji-Adele, a boxing coach, it was being planned as a fitting remembrance of his reign in Lagos, which spanned a 15-year period, from 1949 to 1964.