Nigeria, Aug. 7 -- Favour Ofili, one of Nigeria's most promising track stars, is on the verge of officially switching her allegiance to Turkey, a move the president of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), Tonobok Okowa, has confirmed.

During a press briefing at the 2025 National Athletics Championship held at Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Mr Okowa sounded the alarm over the deepening crisis of athlete exodus from Nigeria to better-funded foreign programmes.

"I can tell you that most of our elite athletes are already being approached by other countries to change their nationality and allegiance," he said. "And as we speak, Favour Ofili has been taken by the Turkish Federation."

The revelation comes at a critical time, just mo...