Team Ogun, yesterday, won a gold medal through Afolayan Bukunmi and Adekansi Adebisi in the Scrabble Masters doubles event at the ongoing 21st National Sports Festival. The venue was the Multipurpose Hall of the Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba.

Also, Afolayan Bukunmi won Silver medal in Female MVP single event.

Team Ogun had four medals in Scrabble alone.

NSF ASABA 2022

SCRABBLE MEDALS

1. Gold

Female Doubles Event

Afolayan Oluwabukunmi

Adekansi Adebisi 

2. Gold

Opens MVP

Saporu Tunde 

3. Silver

Intermediate Singles Event

Adeagbo Babatunde

4. Silver 

Female MVP

Afolayan Oluwabukunmi

Total number of medals won is 4

2 gold medals

2 silver medals

Ogun State’s Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Dr Oluwadare Kehinde, was optimistic that the athletes would surpass their previous performances at Edo 2020 given their awe-inspiring form and their wealth of experience,

adding “many of them have represented the nation before now”.