"Our inability to win any medal so far is as disappointing for my team and myself and for all Nigerians everywhere,"
...................Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, Minister of Sports
A team that left Nigeria three weeks ago with hopes of stellar performances and becoming conducts during the London Olympic Games, ended up with the worst records and all sorts of moral outrages since the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games' sex scandals.
Fifty-five athletes in eight sports, twelve coaches, twenty-nine administrative officials and nine medical personnel had been delegated for the 2012 London Olympic games with athletics having the highest number of overall staff of 29 athletes, 14 coaches and 2 administrative staff; basketball with 12 players, 2 coaches, and 2 officials; boxing with three boxers, two coaches and two officials; canoeing with one athlete, a coach and two administrative staff; table tennis with four athletes, two coaches, and two officials; taekwondo with two athletes, two coaches and two administrative staff; weightlifting with two weight lifters, a coach and two administrative staff, and wrestling with four wrestlers, a coach and two administrative staff.
Team Captain: Chika Chukwumerije assisted by the team's highest hope, Blessing Okagbare.
Team's Assistant Captain Blessing Okagbare reacts after competing in a women's 100-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, August. 03, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
Blessing Okagbare of Nigeria (C) winning her women's 100m heat on the first day of the London 2012 Olympic Games Athletics, Track and Field events at the Olympic Stadium, London, Britain, August 03, 2012. (EPA/JOHN MABANGLO)
Nigeria's Regina George, right, hugs Haiti's Marlena Wesh after a women's 400-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus
Jordan's Ihab Almatbouli reacts after defeating Nigeria's Lukmon Lawal, left, in a light heavyweight 81-kg preliminary boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 30, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Edith Ogoke of Nigeria (R) celebrates after defeating Elena Vystropova of Azerbaijan (L) in their Women's 75kg fight at the London 2012 Olympic Games Boxing competition in London, Great Britain, 05 August 2012. EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN
Aruna Quadri of Nigeria in action against Carlos Machado of Spain in the first round of the London 2012 Olympic Games Table Tennis competition, London, Britain, 28 July 2012. EPA/BERND THISSEN
Olufunke Oshonaike of Nigeria during her Women's Single Preliminary Round match against Neda Shahsavari of Iran the London 2012 Olympic Games Table Tennis competition, London, Britain, 28 July 2012. EPA/BERND THISSEN
ron Williams (C) of the USA goes to the basket during the preliminary round match between USA and Nigeria in the London 2012 Olympic Games Basketball competition, London, Britain, 02 August 2012. EPA/LARRY W. SMITH
Jamaica's Melaine Walker (centre) lags behind the field in the women's 400-metre hurdles semi-final in the London Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Monday, August 06, 2012. Nigeria's Muizat Ajoke Odumosu (second right) leads the field. Walker failed to advance after finishing sixth in 55.74 seconds. Image: Ricardo Makyn/Jamaican Gleaner.
Russia's Nadezda Torlopova, left, fights Nigeria's Edith Ogoke in a women's middleweight 75-kg quarterfinal boxing match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Maryam Usman holds her elbow as she walks off stage following a lift during women's +75-kg, weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Ivory Coast's Murielle Ahoure leads Nigeria's Christy Udoh in the women's 200-meter heats during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Nigeria's Muizat Ajoke Odumosu competes in the women's 400-meter hurdles semifinal during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Women's 4X100m relay semifinals - Netherlands - Brazil - Switzerland - Japan - Trinidad Tobago - Nigeria - USA. Image: Fredric Haslin.
Tosin Oke takes a jump during the men's triple jump final in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012. Image: David J. Phillip/Associated Press
ordan's Mohammad Aabulibdeh fights Nigeria's Isah Muhammad (in red) during their match in men's 68-kg taekwondo competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
United States' Aries Merritt leads Britain's Andrew Turner and Nigeria's Selim Nurudeen in their men's 110-meter hurdles semifinal during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Nigeria's Felix Expo competes during the men's 77-kg weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Jamaica's Usain Bolt, left, reacts after winning ahead of Nigeria's Ogho-Oghene Egwero, right, and Britain's James Dasaolu in a men's 100-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown, foreground, crosses the finish line ahead of Bulgaria's Ivet Lalova, left, and Nigeria's Gloria Asumnu in a women's 100-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip )
Jamaica's Usain Bolt, center, Nigeria's Noah Akwu, left, and United States' Isiah Young, right, compete in a men's 200-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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