Nollywood stars put on their soccer boots for exhibition match

Nollywood stars and their counterparts in the music industry gathered on Saturday September 3, 2011, to honor late Christy Essien-Igbokwe at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos-Nigeria, in a novelty football match tagged’ Match of the stars’.

In the first match of the day, Team SWAN (Sport Writers Association of Nigeria) thrashed Top Entertainment Writers Team by 3goals to nothing. The second match which was the most anticipated was between Top Stars of Music versus Superstars of Nollywood.
Team Nollywood paraded stars like Segun Arinze, Fred and Jeta Amata, Femi Ogedengbe, Osita Iheme, Chinedu Ikedieze, Bob-Manuel Idogwu, Emeka Enyiocha, and a host of other Nollywood stars. On team Top Stars of Music were Ikechukwu, Konga, Africa China, Kaka, Jklt, GT, Minji, Zakki Adzay, Baba Dee, Harrysong and a host of others.