A leading motorcycle manufacturer , Hero MotoCorp has empowered 100 young Nigerians with motorbikes worth over N20m in five states .
The beneficiaries who were selected from Gombe, Ondo, Kwara, Oyo and Ekiti participated in the first season of the Hero Super Oga campaign tagged “ Hero Hunter motorcycle competition “.
The lucky beneficiaries of the reward are the winners of the Hero Super Oga campaign organized by the manufacturing company, Hero Motorcorp.
Presenting the bikes to the winners yesterday at the Civic Centre, Agodi, Ibadan , the Country Manager, Mr. Ovi Siddhartha said the campaign, aside empowering the cyclists is aimed at showcasing the capability and endurance of the Hero Hunter Oga.
Siddhartha disclosed that participants were drawn from Gombe, Ondo, Kwara, Oyo and Ekiti. He stated that 100 participants that took part in the campaign clocked over 2.7 million kilometers in a mere 60 days.
He said, ‘The first season of Super Oga saw seven winners who clocked more than 29,000 kms each. Three winners rode away with seven Hero Hunter motorcycles each, while the other four winners received four Hero Hunter motorcycles each.
‘The other 86 participants were handed over the motorcycles on which they participated.
Abubakar Ahmed covered the highest distance of 46,529 kms and Oyeyemi Sunday covered 46,055 kms in 60 days – a distance that usually takes Okada riders nearly nine months to complete, thus, clearly highlighting the grit of the riders and superior capabilities of the Hero Hunter.
Both Ahmed and Oyeyemi expressed their excitement and appreciation of this campaign by Hero MotoCorp. Aligned with Hero MotoCorp’s focus on Diversity and Inclusion, a female participant, Jumoke Fadoju, also participated in the campaign, completing 12,238 kms. She also received the Hero Hunter motorcycle.