A shocked audience was on Thursday at the National Sports Commission, NSC, Abuja told how five of Nigeria's athletes who took part in last year's African Games in Congo tested positive to performance-enhancing substances.
The affected athletes, Deborah Odeyemi, Chinazo Amadi, Samson Idiata (athletics), Sunday Eze (para-athletics) and powerlifter, Thomas Kure, have been handed a four-year ban from all sporting activities.
Abujacitynews learnt that Nigeria may lose the medals won by the banned athletes.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Solomon Dalung confirmed the ban to members of the Nigerian Olympic Committee, NOC who visited him in his office in Abuja.
“It is true that some Nigerian athletes tested positive to banned substances at the last African Games.
“About five medals have been threatened because of the development and that takes us to why we are meeting here with the NOC. We still want to intensify our advocacy on anti-doping. The issue of doping is not always as we say it. Sometimes it could be from the food the athlete has taken or some drugs they took without knowing the implications before the event. So, what we are planning to do is to try to improve on our advocacy on anti doping,” he said.
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