First Set of Winners Emerge in Guinness 'Fly With The Eagles' Promo

Dreams are being translated into reality, as Guinness Foreign Extra Stout of Guinness Nigeria, the nation’s foremost brewing company, has kicked started the Guinness ‘Fly With The Eagles’ raffle draw promo towards the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa with the release of its first batch of winners in various categories of authentic Super Eagles jerseys, one hundred thousand naira and an all-expense paid trip to watch the Super Eagles live in South Africa.

The ongoing daily raffle draw, which is the first of seventy draws over the next 70 days in the Guinness ‘Fly With The Eagles’ campaign has produced ten (10) winners of authentic Nigerian Eagles Jerseys, four (4) winners of one hundred thousand naira each and two winners of an all-expense paid trip to watch the Super Eagles matches live in South Africa.

L-R: Senior Brand Manager Guinness Nigeria, Uche Onwudiwe; Price Water House Cooper (PWC) Independent Auditor, Tunde Ayeni and Assistant Director (Co-ordinator Lagos), National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Obi Iregbu, during the raffle draw of ‘Guinness Fly With The Eagles’ Promo, Day 1, recently.

Speaking at the closed studio session of the ‘Fly With The Eagles’ raffle draw, Marketing Manager for Guinness, Mr. Obinna Anyalebechi commented on the promo and reiterated the brand’s position as the number one fan and supporter of the Super Eagles.

“The Guinness Fly with The Eagles’ Promo is aimed at rewarding our loyal consumers while galvanizing the fans’ support for the Nigerian football team, The Super Eagles as they prepare for the Cup of African Nations tournament in South in 2013.

The raffle draws session which is hosted by popular radio presenter, ‘Yaw’ had series of rigorous and authentic selection processes using verification software to help validate the winners based on their text message entries. The winners that emerged in this edition were prompted to claim their winnings from the nearest Guinness Nigeria office.

This draw was authenticated by PWC a foremost independent auditing firm, represented by Tunde Ayeni, the National Lottery Regulatory Commission Co-ordinator for Lagos, Mr. Obi Iregbu, and representatives from the Consumer Protection Council.

The winners that emerged in the authentic Jersey category were; Jamiyu from Lagos; Dawodu omotayo from Ogun, Kafaya from Lagos, Fabian from Enugu, Power E. From Rivers; Olufemi Joshua from Ekiti; Innocent from Abia; Ade from Lagos and Emma from Lagos.

While those in the N100,000.00 category were; Kingsley from Rivers, Okon from Rivers, Queeneth from Rivers and Anu from Lagos.

And for the all expense paid trip to South Africa, Valentine from Rivers State emerged as one of the two winners for the day. Each winner is entitled to travel with one person; all expense paid.

The “Fly with the Eagles” campaign will run from November 22, 2012 to January 31, 2012. To participate, consumers should continue to enjoy their Guinness Stout, check under their crown cork text your Unique code, Name and Location or State to 1759. The promotion is open to only persons above the age of 18. Consumers are advised to drink Responsibly.