Athletics Fraud of Nigeria (AFN) in World junior scandal

AFN President, Solomon Ogba

Nigerians will remember when I broke the sex scandal in the World junior championship in France (in athletics) last year. I approached the National Sports Commission (NSC) in confidentiality. My confidentiality was betrayed. They pretended they were going to intervene in the matter. Rather, the accused in the case who is the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) invited the athlete (whose name I kept away from the public then and now) to come and be tried in their own court and I screamed blue murder! Reluctantly, they dropped the trial. Nothing happened to that matter. It was swept under the carpet.

I can reveal that the athlete has not only improved her timing in Calabar. She eminently qualified for this year’s World junior but she is not on the list. For God’s sake, is this not discrimination?

So, she has to pay the price of not allowing some useless men old enough to be her father who parade themselves as coaches to sleep with her before she can run for her fatherland.

This is terrible. It is un-Godly. My prayer. For those who perpetrated this, may God in His infinite mercies expose their own daughters to the same type of treatment they are giving this innocent young girl who has worked hard and deserves her honour and integrity. May all they lay their hands on be short-lived like they want to frustrate this young athlete.

Sadly, when I saw the list of the 23 athletes that are to represent Nigeria in the World junior I was shocked beyond my pants. Many of them have no business in that team.

Two, it showed that it is a family business because Yusuf Alli’s wife is the chaperon of the team! Why did the AFN keep the list like a secret cult’s roll call?

ATHLETICS FRAUD OF NIGERIA (AFN)

Solomon Ogba, AFN President

It's so shameful & painful that the most populous & richest black race in the world is Nigeria. It is mournful that we could be so blessed & decorated with ruthless, heartless, wicked & prodigal managers to steer the leadership of a blessed athletics-nation like Nigeria.

It is no more news that it is an official policy in Nigeria to cheat in our athletics. I have proven with facts and evidences how we have serially cheated this year alone in the sport. I have shown how latent talents have been shortchanged because the very young girls will not open their laps to be messed up by old but useless men about the age of their father, and have been dropped from competing for their fatherland.
 
NEW DIMENSION:

Think the World University Games (WUG) was meant for students in the universities? Nigeria presented  Ogho-Oghene Omano Egwero for the games!
Which course or and university is he? What is his matriculation number? Just three questions answered will settle this new “lie” I am lying again. I am sure by the time I am through with the list of athletes they took to the event, I will find more ineligible names. (I promise to conclude the checks by weekend). Sure, there would have been more cheats on that team. Just a confirmed sample is all that is reasonable. I am waiting to be made a liar.

 
DYING OF THIRST IN WATER:

A rich proverb in Yoruba says "He who has head has no cap while he who has cap has no head". May God deliver this great nation with over 150million worth of population from her few devilish managers.

Athletics alone will create about 20,000 jobs, run on equipment bank no less than N100m and a budget of N3b and more without government. She alone will be a conveyor belt of talents and world champions.

Who will save this country? In a matter of days, the nation will be in Maputo to register its worst ever disgrace in the All African games. I forewarned. Athletics is a foreigner in Nigeria. Nigerians who are highly rated, who will easily win our medals even in this extremely parlous state of our athletics don't want to do it for their fatherland because of the pedestrian managers there now, what a shame?
Ruth, where are you? We would have asked you to help us mourn unconsolably for the country that is dying of thirst in the middle of waters.

THE LIST OF ATHLETES USED FOR CHEATING: Until the list below is shown to be truly students of Universities either in Nigeria or elsewhere will and should we absolve the entire team.

1. MERCY ENEWA ABU
2. BLESSING OGHENERESEME OKAGBARE
3. IBUKUN BLESSING MAYUNGBE
4. LAWRETA CHINOSOM OZOH
5. ENDURANCE ABINUWA
6. BUKOLA JASPER ADEKUNLE
7. LESLEY UDOKA NJOKU
8. EUPHEMIA VICTOR EDEM
9. UHUNOMA NAOMI-PAULINE OSAZUWA
10. OMOLARA GRACE OMOTOSO
11. NKEIRUKA DOMIKE
12. TOYIN OLANIYI OLADIMEJI
13. EMMANUEL ADEGBOYEGA BAMISE
14. OGHO-OGHENE OMANO EGWERO
15. STANLEY AVWAROSUO GBAGBEKE
16. JOSEPH OBINNA METU
17. NKEMDILIM JULIET AGBO
18. AYEBAINEMI OTOKIMI ISAAC
19. JULIE ZUWOBOMO DOMINIC
20. AMALAONYEDUE HELEN ENWEMA
21. SONIA ABIEYUWA BRODRICKS
22. BOMA JOSIAH
23. FESTUS EHUE AKHIGBE
24. FIDELIS ANDREW AWUSA
25. MIRACLE CYPRIAN
26. AFFIONG AGBOR BASSEY
27. ROSE OSERE DANIEL

WHERE IS NIGERIA HERE?
Does it make a meaning to anyone that Nigeria is extinct in world athletics? Jamaica, a nation not as big as Kwara is stunning the world. We already see their 2012 Olympic medals to be won.  Its not the stupid religion-infested "please pray for us" type. This is about economic law: investment vs dividend, sowing vs reaping, giving vs taking.

I have reproduced this newspaper article as a reference to understand what I mean in all these. There is no shortcut to harwork. Cheating will continue to show how crooked those saddled with managing Nigerian sports and how ungodly they are.

Twin Triumphs! - Sprint power rocks University Games

Russell, Harvey win 100m at World University Games

BY PAUL BURROWES Observer writer

Thursday, August 18, 2011

CARRIE Russell and Jacques Harvey served up two more gold medals for Jamaica, both in the 100 metres, on day two of the 26th World University Games at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center in China yesterday.

The 20-year-old Russell of the University of Technology (UTech) equalled her personal best of 11.05 seconds, first achieved in the semi-final yesterday, to run away with the title.With the slowest reaction time in the final, the 2006 World Junior Championship bronze medallist nevertheless motored past the field to become the second Jamaican, after Dahlia Duhaney in 1993, to triumph in this event at the World University Games which was renewed in 1959.

Ukraine's Khrystyna Stuy and Lithuanian Lina Grincikaite took the silver and bronze in 11.34 and 11.44 seconds, respectively. Having lowered her personal best from 11.14 to 11.05 seconds, Russell has issued a strong warning for next year's 2012 Olympics in London. (Is he not prepared for London2012 Olympics?)

Half-an-hour later, Harvey also delivered, but only just, as he got the nod in a photo-finish with Lithuanian Rytis Sakalauskas, with both men posting 10.14 seconds. China's Bingtian Su grabbed the bronze in 10.27.

The 22-year-old Harvey has now become the first Jamaican man to ever a win a medal in the 100 metres at the World University Games. Harvey also joins Usain Bolt (Olympic and World Championships); Lerone Clarke (Commonwealth Games); Dexter Lee (World Junior Championships); O'Dail Todd (World Youth Championships) and Odean Skeen (Youth Olympics) as reigning champions of the 100m event at global championships.

Meanwhile Peter Matthews, also of UTech, will have a tough act to follow after qualifying for the final of the men's 400 metres with a second-place finish in heat three of the semi-finals with a time of 46.21 seconds.

Matthews, 21, will enter the final with the seventh best time and may have to better his current personal best of 46.00 seconds to pull off an upset.

Hungary's national record holder, 19-year-old Marcell Deak-Nagy, has the fastest time in the final with 45.86 seconds, (Note the age of these athletes not like our own cheaters aided and abetted by the Federation) followed by Australian Sean Wroe, who was fourth at his country's national championships, with 45.98 seconds.

The men's 400m final is scheduled for 6:55 am today Jamaican time.

After eight of 46 events at the end of day two in athletics, Jamaica lead the medal tally with three gold, followed by Poland with two gold; Russia one gold, two silver and a bronze; Japan with one gold, one silver and one bronze, and Turkey with one gold to round off the top five. Indira Spence and Shermaine Williams continue Jamaica's hunt when they compete in the women's 100m hurdles, running in heat one and four, respectively. The first four in each heat and the four best performers will advance to the semi-finals.

Later today Anneisha McLaughlin and Anastasia LeRoy will compete in the preliminaries of the women's 200 metres. McLaughlin will run in heat one and LeRoy in the final heat eight, with the first three and the eight best performers progressing to the second round later the same day.

With the men's 200 metres having 11 heats, Jason Young will contest heat three and Rasheed Dwyer heat nine. The first three in each and the seven best performers will advance to the second round some seven hours later.

Chukwuemeka life ban: conspiracies, truth and the untold sides of mafioso

Vivian Chukwuemeka...victim of a bad system?

You will ever know, read and continue to hear all manners of irresponsible conducts that ordinarily abuse the rights of athletes by officials of the sports Federations who flout the laid down processes in the rules.

It is authoritative that sexual assault of female athletes is a way of life in the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN). If you say no, no matter your status in the sport, you will be dealt with badly. If you gladly open your dirty in-between, you become a favourite even when you cannot deliver on the track or and field.

Today, I can also reveal that two serving members of the Federation were accused by Vivian Chukwuemeka of demanding sex from her. Remember the case of the teenager who was so assaulted for saying no to the sexual demand from her ‘coach’ and because she could tell the ‘coach’ (a university drop-out and untrained coach) no, she was openly abused before other athletes the morning before her event in the world junior championship in France.

On return, the story slipped, it was investigated and rather than publish, I opted to seek that the matter was handled privately to nip the act in the bud. The Federation then attempted to set up a committee to undertake an internal trial of the athlete who they sent for and asked her and her coach to fund their way to Abuja with their evidences.

That was when I went public and the Federation withdrew their plan. As if that was not enough, the athlete in question intensified her training and in Calabar shortly before the qualifiers for the World junior, she returned a better time than ever, qualified for the World junior but her name disappeared from the merit list. Rather, her event was not picked. Eventually, they had problems with visa and could not travel.

Now, Chukwuemeka was alleged to have tested positive to drug, a second time, this was shortly before the London Olympics. She was, by the rules, banned for life. Ordinarily, she stands to lose nothing.

Can someone tell this reporter and the nation. When an athlete sets a national or continental record, it is trite that such athletes urine sample are tested before the records can be ratified.

Chukwuemeka in Port Novo (Benin Republic) during the African championship set a new Nigerian and African record. Her sample was taken but was not tested! Why was the sample not tested? Was the AFN deliberately working against her? Or is it that the officials who were in charge of testing the samples who were also involved in her earlier charges of demanding sex from her now paying her back?

What are the chances that the ‘stubborn’ athlete (I was borrowed in worse descriptions as an athlete. A principled athlete is always coded as stubborn) did not test positive in the said result that was used to hang her?

What are the chances that it was not a case of hanging a stubborn goat to call it a name it was suggested it has? This is an athlete that was just coming out of a drug ban, she returned, set two new records, common sense suggests she should be tested to earn the ratification of the record.

If her Port Novo sample was tested, what is the outcome? Calabar was just days away from the Port Novo championships, yet, the Calabar sample proved positive! If like Vivian Chukwuemeka, two others were sampled as positive, while Chukwuemeka was instantly dropped from the London Olympic squad, the other two were taken to London where one of the two was cleared. Why was Chukwuemeka not taken along to London? This underlines the theory of conspiracy.

Now tell me, if God were to always be just, the two cases of sexual assault proven here and how they were managed were to be the basis of prayers answered, if the two oppressed women pray against the Federation and the nation, would we ever make headways in anything? Would God not hear the prayer of the just? Millions other prayers will not and should not cancel that of the oppressed whose anguish and pain should emotional prick His heart to obliterate ours on the anvil of justice.

The FIFA U-17 World Cup Mexico 2011

The trophy at stake

By Gbenga Subair, New York

Rwandan U-17 team

The FIFA U-17 World Cup the 14^th edition starts today, Sunday, 26^th June 2011, with the opening match taking place in the city of Morelia. Host country, Mexico, opens the tournament against North Korea who will be making their third ever appearance in this competition. Mexico, champions in 2005 in Peru beating Brazil in that classic final 3-0 will be hoping to achieve the same feat again on home soil when the final takes place on 10^th July, 2011 at the legendary Azteca stadium in Mexico City, which holds a capacity of 105,064 thousand fans.

It was the venue of the two classic World Cup finals in 1970 and 1986, which crowned Pele and Maradona as World Cup champions.  A total of 24 teams qualified for this tournament across six confederations and will be hoping for a lot of success when the group games begin. The games will be spread across seven cities with the third place match and final to be played at the Azteca stadium. The only time the stadium will host two matches.

The two finalists from the last tournament which was hosted in Nigeria 2009 are present in Mexico. Current champions, Switzerland, and host country Nigeria who both played in that final match in Abuja two years ago did not qualify for this year’s tournament. Which means, a new country will be crowned champions on July 10, 2011?

A lot of new exciting talents are expected to showcase their skills to the world and new discoveries are expected to emerge from this tournament regardless of what the results are. The choice of Mexico hosting another FIFA tournament is nothing after having hosted two FIFA World Cups, an U-20 FIFA World Cup and the FIFA Confederations Cup which Mexico won in 1999 beating Brazil in the final. The FIFA U-17 World Cup will make it a total of five FIFA tournaments Mexico will be hosting. An impressive record for a country that is one of the top footballing powerhouses in the CONCACAF region.

One of the beautiful and inspiring stories to come out of all the countries who qualified for the U-17 World Cup in Mexico will be Rwanda, a country located in the central/eastern part of Africa with a population of 11 million people will be making their first ever appearance in a FIFA tournament.  A country still emerging from the dark episodes of the genocide that took place in the mid 90’s and something the country continues to reconcile with and overcome as each year goes by.

The Rwanda U-17 team, who are popularly called the “Junior Wasps”, will be carrying the hopes and touch of a nation when they play in their first ever FIFA match at the Estadio Hidalgo on the 19^th June against England in the city of Pachuca. They will be carrying the hopes and weight of a nation and will definitely represent as worthy ambassadors when the tournament kicks off. Let the games begin… The whole world looks to Mexico again for the next three weeks of action, excitement and suspense.

Sanchi committee: Sports Minister has looked for trouble

Bolaji Abdullahi, Sports Minister...doing
the abominable in our sports. Applause for him

THE NEWS: NSC sets up panel to investigate allegations of corruption made by athlete

Following the allegations made by Ms Esther Obiekwe, an amateur marathoner, in The Nation’s newspaper of 6^th January, 2013, that she was asked to give bribe in order to be part of the Nigerian contingent to the London 2012 Olympic Games, the National Sports Commission (NSC) has set up a panel to investigate the veracity of her claims.

In the said publication, Ms Obiekwe had made sweeping allegations that were considered injurious to the corporate image of the Commission, claiming among others, that nearly all the athletes to the London 2012 Olympics bribed their way to the Games and that the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) asked her for inducement but she refused to give.

Justice Danlami Sanchi chairs the Panel.  Other members are: Dr. Gloria Obajimi, President of the Nigeria Chess Federation, DCP Mohammed Sani, the Legal Adviser of the NSC as members while Mr. Mohammed Abdul-Sule will serve as the Secretary.

The panel, which began sitting last week, will complete its task this week.  Ms Obiekwe is expected to appear before it at 2pm on Monday, 14^th January, 2012 to prove her allegations.

THE NEWS ANALYSIS: It is the very first time in a long time that the National Sports Commission (NSC) is responding to such grievous matters like this. This is a Commission that never responded to issues of image. For this, one must commend the NSC Chairman, Bolaji Abdullahi. He deserves commendation. One hopes they will take such issues to high level of sports governance.

One of the issues that the Justice Sanchi committee will need to establish is, the lady making the allegation IS NOT a qualified athlete to have been in the London 2012 Olympics in the very first instance. (see FOOLING NIGERIANS IN THE OLYMPIC SPIRIT. http://olajidefashikun.blogspot.com/2012/07/fooling-nigerians-in-olympic-spirit.html)

How was she smuggled into the list of Nigerian athletes in London? Monies were allegedly made off some corporate organisations in the process. Were these allegations true? Who were involved. This is a bigger corruption.

I investigated the matter and reported same. We have to get to the root of this bigger corruption and the culprits must be punished accordingly.

Sex scandal: The NSC would do well to either extend the terms of reference of the Sanchi committee to look into the sex scandal for which the alleging athlete had been ostracized and discriminated despite improving standards. (see: SCANDALS OF SEXUAL NATURE IN NIGERIAN ATHLETICS. http://olajidefashikun.blogspot.com/2011/10/scandals-of-sexual-nature-in-nigerian.html). The allegation of discrimination was the outcome of my report (see Athletics Fraud of Nigeria (AFN) in World junior scandal

http://olajidefashikun.blogspot.com/search?q=world+junior)

 

  God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Can justice start to apply to being a Nigerian? Uhm! This is a good precedence that has to be retained and sustained. See why we need a sports justice system?