Six young Nigerians win basketball scholarships at Ekiti camp
More than 40 players took part in the fifth Ajayi Elebire Elite Basketball Camp, coached by Nigerians and Americans.
Ado-Ekiti — Six players have earned automatic scholarships at the fifth Ajayi Elebire Elite Basketball Camp, which ended on Friday in Ado-Ekiti with an All-Star game at the Ekitikete Pavilion.
The scholarship winners
- Ejirinade Neuman
- Igwe Ikechukwu
- Muiz Salami
- Felix Jackson
- Destiny Eze
- Lucky Anyaorah
More than 40 players from across Nigeria took part in the four-day camp, which began with trials in Lagos and was led by coaches from Nigeria and the United States.
Organiser Olalekan Ajayi said the camp honours his father, Ajayi Elebire, and that his own career began when he was discovered at a camp like this one. It is held every year, and he and other US-based coaches will keep coming.
American coach Scott Adubato said the players were very receptive and played hard to the last game. Ekiti police commissioner Michael Falade praised the organisers for giving young people opportunities.
Source: Premium Times, 24 October 2026.
