Nigeria dominant at the West African scrabble championship

Nigeria is edging closer to winning the inaugural edition of the West Africa Scrabble Championships taking place in Accra, Ghana.

After 21 rounds of matches, in a competition featuring 40 players from five nations, Nigeria is occupying the top three positions heading to the final day.

Eta Karo leads the tournament on 15 points with a 15-0-6 win-draw-loss record. Nsikak Etim is ranked second as he shares the same record with his countryman but has a spread of +941 which is less than that of Karo who has +1038.

While Enoch Nwali is third on 14 points with a 13-2-6 record and with a spread of +948, former world champion Wellington Jighere is fourth on 14 points with a 14-07 record and a spread of +753.

Olatunde Oduwole is placed fifth while Oluwatimileyin Doko, Dipo Akinlabi and Ezimoje George are ranked seventh, eighth and ninth respectively.

Nigeria is represented by 12 players and most are ranked in the top ten en route to the final day.

Nigeria Scrabble Federation President, Toke Aka has expressed delight at the performance of the country’s representatives saying the nation’s deep pool of talents will keep it among the leaders in the sport globally.

“We came out to defend our pride as a top nation in the sport and we achieved that knowing this is the first time a tournament for West African is organised,” he added.

The tournament has players from Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia and Ghana competing for honours in the championship at the Ghanaian capital.