The first batch of Team Nigeria’s track and field athletes and officials departed Abuja in the early hours of Friday for a pre-Commonwealth Games training camp in Aberdeen, Scotland.
The contingent, comprising eight athletes and four officials, left the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 5:00 a.m. as preparations gather momentum for the Commonwealth Games.
The athletes on the first flight are Patience Okon-George, Favour Ashe, Prestina Ochonogor, Chidera Ezeakor, Jennifer Obi, Esther Joseph, Blessing Ogundiran, and Adekalu Fakorede.
The officials accompanying the team include the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) Technical Director, Gabriel Okon, alongside Olapade Lawal, Kolawale Patrick Esabunor Nukie, and Shaheed Akinpelu.
The Aberdeen training camp is expected to provide the athletes with an ideal environment to fine-tune their preparations ahead of the Games, while the remaining members of Team Nigeria are scheduled to depart in subsequent batches.
The Athletics Federation of Nigeria, in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC), expressed confidence that the early camping programme will boost the athletes’ readiness and enhance Nigeria’s prospects of a successful performance at the Commonwealth Games.
