For the past few days, Blessing Okagbare has been the subject of controversy, especially with news that made the rounds within the media, stating that she had been banned from competing at the 2016 Olympics in Rio by the National Sports Commission (NSC), after pulling out from the ongoing All-Africa Games in Brazzaville.

However, the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) strongly refuted the story, revealing that the athlete had not been banned, neither had she been invited to face a disciplinary panel of any sort. Okagbare herself took to social media page, Facebook, to give her own side of the story.

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Blessing "Okagbodo"