Team Nigeria relay teams fail to pick tickets in Lagos

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Guardianng June 21, 2021 3:33 a.m.

Team Nigeria relay teams fail to pick tickets in Lagos

MEANWHILE, Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC) President, Habu Gumel, said the presence of two top officials of the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) at the Olympics trials organised by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) ended the leadership crisis in the governing body.The leadership crisis rocking the AFN was further heightened last week when a factional body emerged in Kebbi a few minutes after Tony Okowa was voted as president at an AFN elective Congress attended by chairmen and secretaries of various states’ athletics association in Abuja.

Lagos Team Nigeria’s quest for Tokyo Olympics tickets in both men’s 4x100m and women’s 4x400m relays could not materialise in Lagos yesterday.

Two top CAA officials, Timothy Inmin Abdusaheed and Dr.

Sidiq Sudan, a member of World Athletics (WA) Commission for competitions, as well as Secretary of Eastern Region, witnessed the AFN Olympics trials, which ended yesterday at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos.Speaking with The Guardian at Yabatech, Gumel said the presence of the two CAA officials was a clear indication that the Tony Okowa-led AFN board is the only one recognised by both the African and world bodies..

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