Amusan’s World Athletics’ Doping Violation Worries AFN

The Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), on  Wednesday, said it is seriously disturbed by charges of doping violation filed by World Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) against Nigerian sensation, Tobi Amusan.
Amusan, the 2021 world champion and world record holder in the women’s 100m hurdles, is in trouble for allegedly missing three out of competition dope tests. She will appear before a three-man arbitration panel to clear her name before the Budapest 2023 World Championships in August.
AFN President, Tonobok Okowa, yesterday, described the situation as ‘sad,’ but added that Amusan is not out of the Budapest 2023 World Championships yet.
“I have not been myself since the news broke out last night,” Okowa told Tidesports source  in a telephone chat, on Wednesday . “I don’t think she is out of the World Championships yet. It will depend on what happens at the arbitration panel. Our prayer now is for the AIU to give Tobi fast hearing. If she is cleared before the World Championships, then she can compete for us. But I am really worried.”
Technical Director of the AFN, Samuel Onikeku, also said that he hopes Amusan is cleared of the doping violation charges filed against her by the AIU.
“I hope she comes out of it, but there is nothing we (AFN) can do,” Onikeku stated. United States-based sprinter, Grace Nwokocha, who was stripped of her Commonwealth gold medal last week over drugs related offences, stated that something has to be done urgently to stop the growing trend of suspension and ban on Nigerian athletes.
“Something is definitely not right somewhere and no one is ready to put a contest with these people,” she said in a message to The Guardian. “This hatred is increasing daily and everyone is acting cold on it. What I can sense here is that they are trying to bring Africans down because they look down on us too much,” she stated.