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Veteran Nollywood actor Emeka Ike is landed in hot soup and might end up doing jail time if he doesn’t save the situation.
The story goes like this; Emeka Ike just recently received a chieftaincy title in Egbonike, Anambra State and also honored by the president Goodluck Jonathan  making him a Sports Ambassador for the newly launched project ‘RHYTHM and PLAY’.
Emeka Ike, being the philanthropist that he is, decided to give back to the poor masses in the area where he grew up – Ogudu Ori-Oke Ojota Lagos state, by hosting a football tournament. He titled the tournament Desert Football Tournament and was organized by Unity Football Association (UFA)
Emeka Ike disclosed that he hosted the tournament was to help young talented footballers discover their talents, and thereby reduce crime rate in Nigeria. He also revealed that Tottenham and Togolese striker, Emmanuel Adebayo, has agreed to assist some stars to be identified at the football tournament, adding that some major clubs in Europe are also sending scouts to the tournament.
The football tournament posters on the streets of Lagos read that veteran footballer Kanu Nwankwo and the Minister of Youth & Sport, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi will be their special guests of honor.
Each soccer team had to pay the sum of N3000 for registration and a total of 16 teams participated.
The A-list actor, Emeka Ike promised that he was going to reward the winner with the sum of 500,000 naira, the first runner up with N100,000; and the 3rd place winner will get N75,000.
Aside the popular musician, Daddy Showkey, who came to rack up the excitement of the tournament with his presence, no other public figure was present. Six months has gone by after the tournament and none of the winning teams have redeemed their winnings; teams even claim that Emeka Ike has totally ignored frequent calls or text messages sent to him after he issued a bank cheque to the guys.