Nigeria names two former African Champions in Scrabble team to Ghana

Nigeria names two former African Champions in Scrabble team to Ghana

Highest ranked female player Bukunmi Afolayan misses out

The Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF), has named the country's team for the scrabble event at the 13th African Games scheduled to hold in three Ghanaian cities, Accra, Cape Coast, and Kumasi from the 8th to 23rd of March 2024.
Nigeria will be represented in the scrabble event at the Games by four male and four female players led by former World Champion, Wellington Jighere who also a two time African King.
At the last World English Scrabble Players Association Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada USA in 2023, Jighere finished as the highest ranked African at number four.
Before the World Championship, the Delta State born scrabble heavyweight captured the prestigious North America Scrabble Players Association Championship top prize.
He also narrowly lost the final of the inaugural Pan African Scrabble Association PANASA President's Cup to Godwin Victor in Lagos, Nigeria last year.
Another talented player in Team Nigeria Scrabble squad to the African Games is former African Scrabble champion Nsikak Etim. Etim has won four major national championships between 2022 and 2023.