Sports Minister explains why Nigeria Cyclist borrowed bike to compete at Paris Olympics

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By Guardian Nigeria

10 August 2024 | 2:23 am

Six days after he promised to investigate and sanction whoever was responsible for the non-registration of U.S.-based sprinter, Favour Ofili, for the 100m event at the Paris 2024 Olympics and with no report yet, Sports Minister, John Own Enoh, has come out to debunk reports on social media about cyclist, Ese Ukpeseraye, not having the…

According to SportsNow.com, Enoh is fast becoming a ‘bark but cannot bite’ Minister. In a post on his X page, Enoh says the Ukpeseraye’s post on social media thanking Germany for lending her the bicycle to compete in the Kerin and individual sprint event ‘has been grossly misunderstood.’

He wrote: ‘My attention has been called to a post on social media by Ese Ukpeseraye. After reading the post and some follow up comments I swung into action. Ese’s post seems to have been grossly misunderstood, perhaps also because it didn’t seem to give proper context to the matter in perspective. It is important I make some clarifications.”

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