Forty-eight hours before she was disqualified from the ongoing Olympics, Nigeria’s medal hopeful, Blessing Okagbare, poured out her heart over the perceived ills of Nigerian officials.
Okagbare, who described the sports system in Nigeria as flawed, clearly told those who do not have business in it to back off.She had knocked the officials for fighting over contracts at the expense of the welfare of athletes.
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