100m Olympics Omission: Ofili accuses AFN, NOC of being economical with the truth

Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili has once again taken to social media to accuse the Nigeria Olympic Committee and the Athletics Federation of Nigeria of being economical with the truth on why they did not register her for the 100meter race at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics; saying she will pursue the matter to logical conclusion.

It would be recall that Favour Ofili’s name was missing from the 100m race for ‘Team Nigeria’ at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics with the two bodies shifting blames for their inadequacies .
This promoted the athlete to take to her X handle formerly Twitter lamenting her frustration at being dropped from the race she had prepared for four years to be part of.
In the message she said ” It is with great regret that I have just been told I will not be competing in the 100 meters at this Olympic Games. I qualified, but those with the AFN and NOC failed to enter me. I have worked for 4 years to earn this opportunity. For what? pic.twitter.com/eehuKziNaU
— Favour Ofili (@FavOfili) July 30, 2024

But, the AFN responded to her query, denying knowledge of her ommision, stating that all due diligence were done from their end.

“We registered Ofili for the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m relay. We don’t know how her name got missing in the 100m. This is our stand as a Federation,” said, AFN Technical Director Samuel Onikeku.

Not satisfied with their, explanation Ofili on Fridaytook to her X (formerly Twitter) account to air her displeasure at the attitude of the Federation and the Committee.

In her post at 12:03 pm, the 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medalist wrote: “Sadly, nothing has been done… I’m yet to see or hear anyone is being punished for what the NOC and AFN did to me. Athletes shouldn’t be getting punished for things out of their control” -Favour Ofili(@FavOfili) August 2, 2024

In her angry mood, she questioned the World Athletics for not calling the NOC and AFN to question when the qualified athletes were not registered for the events they qualified for.

“Who assigned Federations and/or Olympic committees to enter athletes into the Olympic Games? Is it not World Athletics? If so, should they not hold them accountable when they fail to do their job by not entering athletes in events they qualify for and want to compete?”
The 21-year-old however warned that the end has not come to the matter.

“NOC and AFN, This is not the first time you guys are doing this, so don’t think this is over because it is not”.
— Favour Ofili (@FavOfili) August 2, 2024