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Babangida Lauds FirstBank As El-Amin Wins Georgian Cup
One of the country’s most successful polo teams, Kaduna El-Amin, stole the show once again in Kaduna when it emerged winner of the 2025 Georgian Cup. Led by patron, Mohammed Babangida, El-Amin led from start to finish, winning its 16th title after beating Kaduna Makarfi by a whopping 12 goals to 4.
The victory was the sixteenth on the stable of the Kaduna-based team, and with it, it sets a new record as the team with the highest number of wins. The win also coincided with the 30th anniversary celebration of El-Amin.
Satisfied by its dominance of the coveted Cup, Babangida gave kudos to the sponsors of the Cup, FirstBank, saying that without their partnership, it would have been impossible for his team to make history.
“We cannot be here without FirstBank, we must appreciate what FirstBank have done for polo. We celebrated our 100-year anniversary together with FirstBank. FirstBank is the lifeline of everything you’ve seen here over the past weeks”, Babangida sounded with high notes of appreciation.
Reacting, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of FirstBank, Olusegun Alebiosu, reaffirmed the bank’s commitment to sponsorship of the Georgian Cup.
“We will continue to sponsor the Georgian and remain committed the same way we are committed to all other sports sponsorship that we are engaged in, especially sporting initiative that engages our youths”, he said.
Donated by FirstBank in 1918, the Georgian Cup is the oldest trophy in West Africa and one of the longest-running sports sponsorships in the world.
Apart from Polo, FirstBank has a long history of supporting sports; the Elephant Boys play in the Nigeria Nationwide Football League, the Elephant Girls, its Basketball team was the Africa Champion, there is the Lagos Open Golf Championship, the OBJ Golf tourney in Abeokuta, and many more.
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