
Doping Results: Elegbeleye commends NPFL players for staying drug free
Nigeria Premier Football League(NPFL) players have been commended for a clean bill in the results of random tests carried out by the National Anti -Doping Committee (NADC) of Nigeria.
September 25, 2025
Doping Results: Elegbeleye commends NPFL players for staying drug free
Nigeria Premier Football League(NPFL) players have been commended for a clean bill in the results of random tests carried out by the National Anti -Doping Committee (NADC) of Nigeria.
Otunba Gbenga Elegbeleye, the NPFL Chairman, welcomed the release of the test results communicated to the league in a letter from the NADC.
The agency has also indicated plans to continue with the drug testing exercise in the new season and sought the support of the league.
"I am very satisfied with the outcome of the tests on our players carried out by the NADC and i want to commend our players for staying clean", Elegbeleye said in his reaction to the content of the letter.
In the letter sent to the NPFL, Odo Raphael Okafor, the Deputy Director/Head Drug Testing, recalled that the tests were conducted to keep the sport of football clean and add integrity to the NPFL.
"As you are quite aware, NADC in her effort to keep the sports of football clean and