{"id":472445,"date":"2011-08-05T13:47:05","date_gmt":"2011-08-05T13:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/08\/05\/nigeria-sheraton-hotel-gets-okocha-ikpeba-to-play-again\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T13:47:05","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T13:47:05","slug":"nigeria-sheraton-hotel-gets-okocha-ikpeba-to-play-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/nigeria-sheraton-hotel-gets-okocha-ikpeba-to-play-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Sheraton Hotel Gets Okocha, Ikpeba to Play Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"25.1909709781\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/vanguard180.jpg\" alt=\"Vanguard (Lagos)\" title=\"Visit Vanguard (Lagos)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5 August 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>For those who throng the Airforce Base in Ikeja recently for a friendly match between Lagos Sheraton hotel and the Four Points by Sheraton, Lekki they did not expect to see two ex Eagles players on parade.<\/p>\n<p>But to their surprise, the management of the hotels had a different plan as they had invited the duo of Jay Jay Okocha and Victor Ikpeba, both great ex- eagles players.<\/p>\n<p>Playing for the winning side, the Lagos Sheraton, was Jay Jay Okocha, who was the cynosure of the teeming crowd, displaying those skillful passes of his.<\/p>\n<p>Though Ikpeba did not last long in the match his team lost by 5-3, he said they decided to play in the match because of their relationship with the Sheraton hotel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We appreciate the relationship we have developed over the years with Lagos Sheraton as players in the Super Eagles of Nigeria and till now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While commending the hotel management for its world class services, Okocha added that they were part of the match to encourage young Nigerians that they can achieve what they want to with hadwork and dedication.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 5 August 2011 For those who throng the Airforce Base in Ikeja recently for a friendly match between Lagos Sheraton hotel and the Four Points by Sheraton, Lekki they did not expect to see two ex Eagles players on parade. But to their surprise, the management of the hotels had a different plan as they had invited the duo of Jay Jay Okocha and Victor Ikpeba, both great ex- eagles players. Playing for the winning side, the Lagos Sheraton, was Jay Jay Okocha, who was the cynosure of the teeming crowd, displaying those skillful passes of his. Though Ikpeba did not last long in the match his team lost by 5-3, he said they decided to play in the match because of their relationship with the Sheraton hotel. &#8220;We appreciate the relationship we have developed over the years with Lagos Sheraton as players in the Super Eagles of Nigeria and till now.&#8221; While commending the hotel management for its world class services, Okocha added that they were part of the match to encourage young Nigerians that they can achieve what they want to with hadwork and dedication. More News on allAfrica.com AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-472445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria: Sheraton Hotel Gets Okocha, Ikpeba to Play Again - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/05\/nigeria-sheraton-hotel-gets-okocha-ikpeba-to-play-again\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Nigeria: Sheraton Hotel Gets Okocha, Ikpeba to Play Again - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"5 August 2011 For those who throng the Airforce Base in Ikeja recently for a friendly match between Lagos Sheraton hotel and the Four Points by Sheraton, Lekki they did not expect to see two ex Eagles players on parade. 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