Ex-Basketball International to hold youth camp in Onitsha

Former basketball international, Samuel Oguche, said on Saturday that the Bullet Energy basketball camp would hold its next camp for the first time in South East Nigeria.

Oguche said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that he intended to move the camp round the country.

According to him, the coming edition will hold from Nov. 2 to Nov. 5 at the Army Cantonment Basketball Court, Army Barracks in Onitsha.

Oguche stressed that running the Bullets Energy Drink basketball camp had become very important because it was a way of giving back and encouraging the youth.

He said that having held the two previous editions in Lagos and Abuja, he decided to take the camp to other geographical states in the country.

“Using basketball to educate and develop the youth is just the beginning of what needs to be accomplished.

“It is a duty and an act of responsibility to inspire youths to keep them aiming high by providing them the opportunities to grow.

“As an individual who has risen from such an opportunity, I feel I owe the youth a lot,’’ he said.

NAN reports that no fewer than 200 kids will receive intense basketball training and the opportunity for scholarship at home and in the U.S.

Leading U.S. coaches, including Anthony Gorham Jnr. (Washington DC), Liyas B Rahman (Maryland), Gregory A Brown (Fort Lauderdale) and Osita Victor Nwachukwu (Wisconsin) will grace the occasion.

Nigerian coaches for the camp are Alex Owoicho, Alex Ujoh, Dosu Victor Mensah (Dodan Warriors, Lagos), Caroline Ezinne Briggs (Port Harcourt) and Charles Ibeziake (Raptor Onitsha).(