The hammer of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation on Sunday came down on a Team Lagos female player, Fatima Bello.
Bello, accused of cheating, was said to have registered for both Delta and Lagos States. She has been banned for three years.
The announcement made by the federation secretary, Segun Oguntade, at the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival in Lagos said the offence of a dual registration was capable of discrediting the games.
Oguntade disclosed that the player was licensed with Lagos State but later took an appointment with Delta from April 2010 till September 2012.
Speaking further, the official said: “Fatima is formally registered with Lagos State in the books of the NTTF, only for Delta State to lay claim to her as their athlete and they were unable to prove it.
“And we had an emergency meeting where it was decided to suspend her from all table tennis events for three years, with immediate effect,” he said.
Oguntade added that all the matches she played and won would be awarded to the losers.
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