Nigeria will be without one of her best legs, Esther Oyema at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics games next year.
Esther Oyema has won 3 gold medals at Paralympic games and Common wealth ganes for Nigeria.
Sports247 confirms that Esther Oyema, has been banned for four years by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) after she committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV).
According to reports, Oyema returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance ’19-norandrosterone’ in a urine sample provided on 28 January 2019 after competing at the Lagos 2019 International Para Powerlifting Competition in Nigeria.
The 38 year old will be stripped off any medal and prizes won at the event in Lagos and will also be out of till 2023, meaning she’s out of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic games rescheduled for next year summer.
