“An AFN official who refused to be named said, “We haven’t concluded our investigations and so we can’t confirm anything.”
By Uzor Odigbo
A positive test has been returned by a junior athlete from the last World Athletics Junior Championships in Cali, Colombia.
Though the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) is trying to distance itself from the details, it was however gathered that high jumper, David Aya who posted 2.15m to win the last National Sports Festival tagged Edo 2020 is in the centre of the storm.
In a flash interview, an AFN official who refused to be named said, “We haven’t concluded our investigations and so we can’t confirm anything,”
He insisted that investigations are on-going and would be concluded very soon, adding that the Federation obviously has nothing to hide from the public. “All I can tell you for now is that Aya is a very promising high jumper.”
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The athlete was listed for the high jump at the World Juniors but he posted a no mark during the qualifications rounds and subsequently scratched out the event, which was later won by Jamaica’s Brandon Pottinger with a mark of 2.14m.
The AFN it seems is still unable to present a clean team at international meets. At start of the season no dope test was done at any of the meets athletes participated in. And during the World Championships and Commonwealth Games the athletes were made to bear the cost of their where about tests as it was made a conditon for selection.