Present and past winners of the gold label Okpekpe international 10km road race and Access Bank Lagos City Marathon will lead the elite Nigerian cast at the first Cross Country competition in Nigeria scheduled to hold on Saturday at the Rhino Golf Course in Jos, the capital of Plateau state. The race will be the first organised Cross Country event in Nigeria in over four decades.
Nyango Gyang Boy, the first Nigerian finisher at the 2023 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, held last weekend in Lagos, is top on the list of athletes who have registered for the race.
Also confirmed for the race in Jos are Iliya Pam, the best Nigerian finisher at the 2018 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon and Paul James Pam, who won the 10km race at the same event this year.
Emmanuel Gyan Gwom, the 2019 Okpekpe race ‘Nigerian’ winner, will also be competing in Jos, and Stephen Joshua Dalop, registered to join over 200 others who have confirmed their participation and made history on Saturday.
