Okpekpe: Race course to wear new look

The course for the Okpekpe International 10km Road Race will wear a new look when the seventh edition of the IAAF silver label event holds on May 25 in Okpekpe, Edo State.

The Okpekpe race starts from Apana Road and ends in Okpekpe.

The Edo State Government has begun rehabilitation work on the road, ahead of the race.

“We are grateful to Governor Godwin Obaseki for the ongoing rehabilitation work on the road to Okpekpe and this has come at the right time for us the organizers of the race, because it tallies with our plan to upgrade to a gold level status by next year,” Mike Itemuagbor, an indigene of Okpekpe and promoter of the international race, said.

“It was the construction of the road eight years ago that informed our decision to stage the race to not only put Okpekpe and Edo State on the world map as a destination of sorts for sports, but also to showcase the remarkable achievement of the ex-governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole, in the development of the state.”