AFRICA GAMES UPDATE:

• Athletics Federation Of Nigeria invites 33 athletes to camp ahead of 13th African Games
  …Consider Ekanem, Israel Okon among 17 men to start camping in Abuja
  …Olajide Olayinka, Patience Okon,14 other ladies make the cut
  

By Maxwell Kumoye

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), has invited 33 athletes, 17 men and 16 women to camp ahead of the 13th African Games scheduled to hold in three Ghanaian cities of Accra, Cape Coast and Kumasi next month.

The list was made public on Wednesday by the scribe of the AFN.

Olayinka Olajide winner of the women’s 100m headlines the team that will be camping in Abuja from Thursday the 22nd of February till the contingent’s departure to Ghana next month.

Other amazons on the list are sprinters Blessing Ogundiran and Tiana Justina Eyakpobeyan, quarter miller, Esther Elo Joseph, Patience Okon and Esther Okon.

Fakorede Adekalu, Enoch Adegoke, Israel Okon and Consider Ekanem are the male sprinters heading to the Abuja camp.

Samuel Onikeku, Teye Endurance, Solomon Aliyu, Kayode Yahaya, Deji Aliu, Mohammed Dabo and Gabriel Okon and some of the experience coaches that will be working with the athIetes while in camp.

The complete list:

MEN:

★100m – 4

1. Consider Ekanem
2. Israel Okon
3. Enoch Adegoke
4. Fakorede Adekalu

★400m – 5

1. Sikiru Adeyemi
2. Daniel Atinaya
3. Samson Nathaniel
4. Emmanuel Ojeli
5. Nnamani Johnson

★800/1500 – 1

1. Hamid Sambo

★ Marathon – 1

1. Shehu Mu’azu

★ Javelin – 1

1. Samuel Kure

★ 110m Hurdles – 1

1. Musa Great Wisdom

★ Shot Put – 1

1. Emeka Ugwu

★ Long Jump – 1

1. Njoku Emmanuel

★ High Jump – 1

1. Fiaku Good luck

★ Discus -1

1. Onukwe Ifeanyi

TOTAL – 10 Disciplines, 17 individuals

WOMEN:

★ 100m – 3

1. Olajide Olayinka
2. Blessing Ogundiran
3. Tiana Justina Eyakpobeyan

★ 400m – 3

1. Patience Okon
2. Esther Elo Joseph
3. Esther Okon

★ 800m – 1

1. Comfort Anietie

★ Long Jump – 1

1. Pristina Ochonogor

★ Heptathlon – 1

1. Kemi Francis -Petersen

★ Marathon – 1

1. Deborah Pam

★ 1500/3000 – 1

1. Ronke Akanbi

★ 100m Hurdles – 2

1. Faith Osamuyi
2. Srella Ayanleke

★ Javelin – 1

1. Victoria Kparika

★ High Jump – 1

1. Ewa Peace

★ 4×400m

1. Yetunde Saibu Olayinka

TOTAL – 11 Disciplines, 16 Individuals

COACHES:
Samuel Onikeku
Teye Endurance
Solomon Aliyu
Kayode Yahaya
Deji Aliu
Mohammed Dabo
Adamu
Kennet
Onaguluchi
Gabriel Okon