Okpekpe Race: Oshiomhole Honours Cheprot For His Humanitarian Gesture

Okpekpe – The national chairman of the All Peoples Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, on Saturday rewarded 2016 Okpekpe Road Race winner, Simon Cheprot, for is humanitarian gesture during the race Cheprot, who placed second in 2018 edition of the race, has abandoned his race to assist a colleague, who fell few meters to the finish line and could not help himself to his feet.

Realising that the athlete who fell needed assistance, Cheprot lifted the colleague cross the finish line before beckoning to the medical team to come to his aid. Cheprot, one of the athletes favoured to win the race placed 15th Oshiomhole rewarded Cheprot with $3,000, saying that Cheprot’s action was very touching.

“Cheprot’s action was very touching For him (Cheprot) to forfeit his ambition to assist a fellow human being is something worth emulating.

“I will therefore donate my pension when put together is about $3,000 to him,” said Oshiomole. It was not only Oshiomhhole who rewarded Cheprot. The organizers gave him $2,000 and $1,000 to te athlete that fell.

The Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, was also not left out as he gave Cheprot $5,000.

“This is the major highlight of road race,” he said.