Eight Nigerian Scrabble players will fly the country’s flag at the 13th African Games scheduled to hold in three Ghanaian cities of Accra, Cape Coast and Kumasi from March 8 to 23, 2024.
According to a statement from the Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF), the eight players comprise four women and four men, headlined by former World Champion, Wellington Jighere, who is also a two-time African King.
Joining Jighere on the team to the African Games is former continental champion, Nsikak Etim, and Abdulmumin Jimoh, a gold medalist at the National Sports Festival in Asaba, Delta State.
Tega Okiemute of Word Craft Scrabble Club completes the list of the men’s team.
Highly rated Africa’s number one female player, Tuoyo Mayuku, leads the Nigerian scrabble amazons to the Games.
Joy Ola, Adebisi Adekansi and multiple National Sports Festival gold medalist, Akpos Best Malafakumo, are the other players selected by NSF for the Games.
Scrabble is one of the seven demonstration sports at the 2023 African Games.
