It was all green for team Nigeria as Edidiong Joseph Umofia raised the bar at the ongoing African Games, starting the day on a good note winning 3 GOLD medals in men’s Weightlifting 67kg.
Umofia came clutch, and was the overall best, lifting:
Snatch – 135kg
Clean & Jerk – 165kg
Total – 300kg
This will be his first Gold medal in a major competition and winning bronze at the 2022 Commonwealth games.
Team Nigeria female wrestlers earlier cleared all gold medals available in their categories,while Africa’s number one ranked player in Badminton Opeyori Anuoluwapo won the first Gold medal for Nigeria at the Africa games.
Nigeria now has Ten gold medals and are still in contention for more medals in football and three more events.