2025 NSF: Team Ogun cleans medal table

Posted : 28 May 2025

Team Ogun State has stamped its authority in the Scrabble event at the ongoing 22nd National Sports Festival tagged Gateway Games 2024, dominating the doubles event as activities in mind sports conclude today after a shaky start.

Team Ogun, led by Continental Champion Oluwatimilehin Doko and Abdulmumin Jimoh, won three gold medals in the Men's, Women's, and Intermediate doubles, leading the scrabble medal chart ahead of Team Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Team Bayelsa, who both secured two gold medals each.

Delta occupies fourth place with one gold, one silver, and one bronze, while Edo State has gathered four silver medals in the scrabble event.

The pair Oluwatimilehin Doko and Abdulmumin Jimoh took the Master’s doubles gold with 10 wins and a draw, accumulating plus 844 points from 15 games, ahead of the Lagos duo John Aiyedun and Continental Champion Enoch Nwali, who had 10 wins and plus 685 cumulative points.

Godwin Victor and George Ezinore, representing Edo State, took bronze ahead of the Delta State team of Emmanuel Umujose and Tega Okiemute. Edo and Delta both had 9 wins each, but Team Delta was relegated to fourth place without a medal due to lower cumulative points — 488 points for Edo and 204 for Delta.

Africa Games gold medalist Adebisi Adekansi and All Nigeria Scrabble Amazon winner Bukunmi Afolayan, representing Ogun State, were dominant in the female doubles category as they claimed the gold medal with 13 wins and 1984 cumulative points.

The very young Lagos team, Priscilla Akhabue and Sophia Ekeruche, came second with 11 wins and plus 1395 points, while Edo State’s team of multiple National Youth Games champion Joy Nwabuzor and Egbe Ekun also finished on the podium.

Again, just like in the Master’s doubles, Edo denied Delta a podium finish with a higher cumulative point total of plus 1364 against Delta’s 824, despite both teams having 10 wins. Ageless Tuoyo Mayuku and Nkechi Onofomi were the victims of the lower cumulative points.

Friday Ogboyomi and Oluwasogo Oguntade of FCT won the Intermediate doubles gold, Olatunde Adigun and Sunday Ituah of Lagos settled for silver, while Akwa Ibom took bronze. Prestige Archibong and Akamabong Okoridem are the flag bearers from the land of promise in the doubles event.

It’s Ogun, Oyo, and Abia sharing honors in the Opens doubles medals.

So far, Ogun, Bayelsa, FCT, Delta, Edo, Lagos, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Osun, and Oyo have registered their presence on the scrabble medal table at the 22nd National Sports Festival — four fewer than at the last Festival in Asaba.

Meanwhile, the curtain will fall on the scrabble event at the Festival with the conclusion of the Team events in the four categories: Masters, Intermediate, Opens, and Female.

THE MEDAL TABLE:

Ogun: 3 gold - 1 silver - 1 bronze

FCT: 2 gold - 1 bronze

Bayelsa: 2 gold

Delta: 1 gold - 1 silver - 1 bronze

Edo: 4 silver - 1 bronze

Lagos: 2 silver

Abia: 1 bronze

Akwa Ibom: 1 bronze

Osun: 1 bronze

Oyo: 1 bronze

2025 NSF: Team Ogun cleans medal table

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