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It has now been reported that two Nigerian athletes, including the coach of the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation and one lifter, have disappeared in Australia after the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
90 athletes represented Nigeria at the just concluded Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast Australia.
The first batch of the Nigerian athletes that competed at the games, arrived in Abuja, Nigeria on Wednesday.
As the other batches get ready to return to the country, it has been revealed that the coach of the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation has disappeared.
Mohammed Yahaya, the President of the Nigeria Weightlifting Federation was quoted as saying that another coach in special sports and a 200m sprinter have also disappeared.
“This is very embarrassing to us because as a head coach, I expected him to act like father to the athletes. But our head coach disappeared into the thin air even before the Games were concluded,”
These disappearances join the long list of African athletes that have gone missing during or after international competitions.
Nigeria placed 9th at the games with 9gold, 9silver and 6bronze medals.
Just in the 2018 Commonwealth Games, eight Cameroonian athletes were declared missing after they abandoned their camp during the games and fled.
