Francis Ogboro

Who is Francis Ogboro?

Francis Ogboro is the New President of Nigeria Polo Federation.

Amongst other candidates he also competed against former Kaduna polo vice president, Alhassan Dantata.

Elections took place on the 12 November 2010 at Kaduna Polo Club Nigeria. He won victoriously by 48 votes to 1.

Francis Ogboro was born 26 September 1954 in Igarra, Edo State, Nigeria. He is the 2nd Child in a family of seven. He is married to Tonia Ogboro.

He started riding at the age of nine in Zaria before he went to the United Kingdom. Francis took up a bit of riding there but because of studies, he couldn't ride as much as he would have loved to at that time. When he came back to Nigeria finally, a close friend advised him to take up riding more seriously and he started playing polo as early as 1994.

Francis Ogboro started business in 1979 in the UK. Initially, he was supplying uniforms to the Nigerian Army and Nigerian Police. He made some money and thought he would make some investments where he lived at that time.

Being involved with so many people in the UK, he met a friend who was trying to sell off his restaurants and return to Marbella, Spain at that time. The restaurant was on Queensway, a very popular street in London. It was very well known to Nigerians, especially those who visited the UK regularly.