D’Tigress Captain Adaora Elonu, has reiterated their robust opposition to the self-imposed worldwide ban embarked upon by the Nigerian Authorities.
Elonu who spoke on behalf of the group mentioned it had turn out to be crucial to talk up once more after the gamers seen a video in circulation which had been manipulated and put out of context “simply to create the unhappy impression that the gamers had been now in assist of the ban.”
She mentioned that somewhat than assist the ban, they’ve been making pleas and nice efforts every day to make the federal government rethink that call and elevate the ban.
Elonu who referred to as from her base in Europe mentioned “D’Tigress has been open in making it clear that we don’t assist the ban in any method.
“We wish the chance to play in any method potential. Our group assertion launched earlier nonetheless holds. We love competing for Nigeria and need the prospect to proceed to take action. On no account are we supporting the ban enforced on the worldwide competitions. We proceed to plead for the elimination of the ban.”
The sports activities minister Sunday Dare final month introduced a self-imposed two-year ban on worldwide occasions. The world basketball physique FIBA responded to the shock transfer from Nigeria by calling in Mali to interchange D’Tigress who had been already billed to characteristic within the September FIBA World Cup in Australia.
Many involved Nigerians had raised their voices towards the federal government’s choice earlier than FIBA ejected D’Tigress however the outcries had been ignored. The Nigerian girls are additionally already out of the 2024 Paris Olympics as part of the fallout of Nigeria’s choice to take a self-ban.
D’Tigress are the present African champions and haven’t misplaced a match to any African group since 2017.
