Nigerian Clubs Arrive Liberia For African Qualifier

Nigerian Clubs Arrive Liberia For African Qualifier

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MFM women’s basketball club are in Monrovia, Liberia for the FIBA Africa Zone 3 qualifiers for Club Championship which begins on Monday. Seven teams are participating in the championship.

Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire as well as hosts, Liberia are presenting two clubs each. The seventh club is from the Republic of Benin.

Nigeria’s other team is the Customs of Abuja.

 In the MFM team are four players who qualified Nigeria for the U-18 World Championship in Serbia happening in 2025

Captain Wandoo Hembam Marvis led the U-18 team. The others are Haminatu Ayoka Ayodeji, Idumabo Beggi Pius and Abigail Isaac.

MFM team defeated Nigeria Customs to retain the title they won last year in Lagos.

The captain, Ukamaka Okoh was emphatic as she said that the club’s mission in Liberia is to pick one of the two tickets at stake and to appreciate the team financier and MFM General Overseer, Dr Daniel Olukoya for his unwavering support for them.

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