Ekiti, Kwara , Kogi, 8 Others Yet To Win Medal As Delta Leads With 51 medals

Ekiti, Kwara , Kogi, 8 Others Yet To Win Medal As Delta Leads With 51 medals By Niyi Busari Delta state look serious to retain their number one position as they refused to slow down for other states to catch up with them since the Commencement of the 19th National Sports Festival on Friday in Abuja. Delta has won 27 gold, 9 silver and 15 bronze medals according to official medals table made available to www.bsnsports.com.ng as at the time of filing this report on Monday by 11:30 pm. Rivers state are second on the log raked in 15 gold, 14 silver and 13 bronze medals while Kano has won 7 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze medals to emerge third at the ongoing 2018 national sports festival in Abuja. Edo has 6 gold, 7 silver and 12 bronze medal as Oyo records 5 gold, 6 silver and 8 bronze medals to emerge 4th and 5th respectively. Lagos and Bayelsa occupied 6th and 7th position as the Centre of Excellence has 4 gold, 4 silver and 17 bronze while Bayelsa has won 3 gold, 16 silver and 7 bronze medals. The hosts, FCT struggled to win 3 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze medal to occupy the 8th position on the log. Abia, Osun, Imo , Ondo, Akwa Ibom are placed 9th, 10th,11, 12th, 13th on the medals table respectively. Interestingly, the number of states that are yet to win medals have reduced drastically from 17 to 11 as the likes of; Ekiti, Adamawa, Borno, Ebonyi, Gombe, Jigawa, Katsina, Kogi, Kwara, Sokoto, and Zamfara states are yet to out their names on medals list. Action continues today (Tuesday) as more medals will be won in different sports by different states.