Paris-Bound Nigerian Wrestlers Get Reprieve

Reprieve eventually came the way of the Nigerian contingent to the World Wrestling Championships in Paris, France, who had flight delay as they departed on Monday evening aboard Air Ethiopia.
The contingent had experienced flight delay in the hands of Air Maroc in the early hours of Monday and had to find an alternative.
The wrestlers included Odunayo Adekuoroye, Aminat Adeniyi and Blessing Oburududu who are supposed to compete by today, had flight delay on Monday.
The three, according to the President, Nigeria Wrestling Federation (NWF), Daniel Igali were  to weigh in for the competition yesterday afternoon.
Igali, disclosed  on telephone from Paris that when the wrestlers got to the airport in the early hours of Monday, they were told that Air Maroc had a defective aircraft on Sunday.
He said that because the aircraft was small, it only picked a few passengers for Sunday, leaving those for 4 a.m. flight on Monday stranded.
However, in a twist of events, the NWF said it secured four tickets aboard Ethiopia Airlines aircraft to convey some of the country’s contingent to the championships.
Igali said that the three wrestlers and a coach travelled on Monday evening.
“We were able to get four new tickets on Ethiopia Airlines for them. They  hopefully arrived in Paris by 6 a.m. on Tuesday.
“The wrestlers are Odunayo Adekuoroye, Aminat  Adeniyi, Blessing Oborududu and Purity Akuh, their coach,’’ he said.
Six wrestlers, including four females and two males will represent the country at the competition.
The male wrestlers are Amas Daniel (65kg) and John Emmanuel (70kg), while the female are Blessing Oborududu (63kg), Adekuroye Odunayo (53kg), Mercy Genesis (48kg) and Aminat Adeniyi (58kg).