The 15th edition of the annual Bankole Olumide Aluko (BOA) Football Tournament for law firms has been scheduled to kick off on Sunday February 26 at the Astroturf 2000 Facility in Ikoyi, Lagos.
Already, 16 law firms have indicated their interests to participate in the 2017 edition.
According to a statement released yesterday by Seni Deji Omotayo and Abidemi Ogundipe, Corporate Executive and Marketing & Brand Manager of Astroturf respectively, draws for this year’s tournament will be held on Wednesday February 22, 2017 at 3pm inside Astroturf 2000.
“The BOA Football Tournament for law firms is to kick off on Sunday 26th February 2016 @ Astroturf 2000 Ikoyi, at 3pm, with the 16 select law firms confirmed so far,” states the statement from Astroturf.
The law firms already divided into four groups include; Streamsower & Kohn & Foundation Chambers, Fides & Fiducia, Olaniwun Ajayi LP, Bloomfield Law, Pinheiro, Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie, Punuka Attorney, Adepetun Caxton Martin Agbor & Segun, Falana & Falana,
Templars, Babalakin & Co, Olisa Agbakoba Legal, Banwo & Ighodalo, Tayo Oyetibo/Bayo Osipitan, Lagos State Ministry of Justice and Aluko & Oyebode.
Falana & Falana is the defending champions of the 2016 edition while Olisa Agbakoba Legal is the runners up. Tayo Oyetibo/Bayo Osipitan won the third placed spot of the last edition.
The Bankole Olumide Aluko Football Tournament (BOA), or Lawyers’ League is held in memory of the late notable lawyer, Mr. Bankole Olumide Aluko, a founding partner in the law firm of Aluko & Oyebode (“A & O”).
He passed on 15 years ago and ever since, his colleagues and associates have celebrated his life and time. He was reputed as a fine gentleman and obsessively passionate about his football.
Aluko & Oyebode, a law firm he partly founded instituted the tournament in his memory as a platform to promote team spirit and camaraderie amongst legal professionals in Nigeria.
Over the last nine years, Astro Soccer Nigeria Ltd (ASNL), owners of Astroturf 2000 football facilities, have hosted and managed the tournament, forming a partnership with Aluko & Oyebode to professionalise the planning, features and organisation that a notable tournament involving the top law firms in Nigeria deserves.
