Judo federation targets six gold medals

The President of Nigeria Judo Federation, Timothy Nsirim, on Friday promised that Nigeria would win six gold medals at the 11th All Africa Games in Brazzaville, Congo.

Nsirim made the promise at the end of trials organised by the federation to select judokas to represent the country at the Games scheduled for September 4 to 19.

“Judo is going to present six gold medals to the Director-General of the National Sports Commission, Alhassan Yakmut, by the end of the Games. The calibre of judokas we have is awesome. They can stand any country anywhere,” he said.

The NJF President however praised Yakmut for coming to the aid of the sport.

“We are dedicating this trials to him, thanking him for the support he has given us so far, ‘’ Nsirim said.

While speaking at the trials, Yakmut urged the judokas and their technical crew to be committed to the sport, assuring that the NSC would give them all necessary support.