Team Nigeria commenced their campaign today at the second edition of the Pan African Youth Scrabble Championships in Kenya with commanding victories over their opponents.
The championship has 138 players competing for honours in two categories.
Abdulqudus Aliu, is leading the cast of 54 players in the U-19 category with 5 wins from five games and a healthy cumulative point of plus 915.
Home boy, Caxton Mwai, has 521 cumulative points from 5 Victories to seat behind Abdulqudus Aliu.
Joy Nwabuzor, the only Nigerian girl in the U-19 category is giving the other gender a run for their stay in the land of the Harambee Stars, with 4 wins and plus 546 points.
Team captain, Sufyan Olojoku is not far off the leader board with 3 wins.
In the U-15 event, Hassan from the Olojoku scrabble dynasty, the girl from the City of Aquatic Splendor, Sophia Ekeruche and Eliana Igbe are just too strong for the 84 man field in the competition as they won their first 3 rounds of games with an impressive cumulative of plus 687 points .
Meanwhile, two players , Aneef Kelani and Abidah Fatai have been added to the Team Nigeria Eaglets at the Championships. Both players are giving a good account of themselves in the U-15 category.
Fatai Abidah was born in Lagos while Aneef Kelani was born in New York , and they both schools at Heritage Global Academy, a boarding school in Ikorodu, Lagos.
Speaking, the President of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF), Engineer Olobatoke Aka, lauded the Kwara State government for supporting three members of Team Nigeria .
“We are elated that the Kwara State government is always willing to support scrabble and we are equally happy that the chairman of Lagos State Scrabble and Monopoly Association, Engineer Dipo Akanbi is also backing us.”
