Team Nigeria Captain, Quadri Aruna has decried the poor treatment of Nigerian athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Nigeria’s participation at this year’s Olympic has been met with series of setbacks, with the latest being the eviction of 10 Nigerian athletes from the games over anti-doping offence.
In another disheartening situation, Aruna who was knocked out from the tennis event earlier in the week, said Nigerian athletes are being subjected to unfair treatment by officials of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN).
The Tennis star made this known via his official Instagram handle on Friday, while also faulting the decision of the sports ministry to remove his coach that qualified him to the quarter-finals of the Rio Olympic Games.
“You all wanted me to perform well but you removed my coach that qualified me to quarterfinals at the Rio 2016 Olympics,’’ the 32-year-old who exited the Games in the third round, said.
“I dare you all to remove me (from the National team) because I said the truth.
“Athletes are being short paid, underpaid, and nobody should complain?
“If the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, don’t come and address the athletes, these officials will spoil all the good things you (Dare) have been doing,” he added.
