Nigeria's
badminton team to the Africa Badminton Championship are confident they can
emerge champions in South Africa.
The
Nigeria team will be in South Africa where the championship is taking place
from 16th to 23rd of April.
Nigeria
with a team of six players, comprising of four (4) male and two (2) female would
represent the country in the Mixed Team event as well Individual Championship.
Captain
of the Nigerian Badminton team, Babalola Gideon who is the number one ranked player
in the country, is confident Nigeria will come out top in the championship.
According
to him, “We have trained together as a team for more than a month and we
believe we are prepared to take up the trophy.”
The
players that will represent Nigeria are; Habeeb Bello, Clement Korobapo,
Salaudeen Abdulfatai, Momoh Zenab, Gideon Babalola and Dorcas Adesokan. Adesokan
is already in South Africa, on a training scholarship by the Badminton
Confederation of Africa, BCA in preparation for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
The
Nigerian team will depart the country on Saturday 15th April for the
championship, and will be joined by Dorcas Adesokan in South Africa. 
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