By James Sani
LOKOJA — The maiden version of the Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo All Campus Games 2026 has ended, with winners rising throughout varied sporting occasions on the grand finale held on the Federal University Lokoja Sports Centre.
Athletes and establishments that distinguished themselves in the course of the competitors obtained medals and honours in recognition of their excellent performances.
In the soccer last, Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja defeated Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, 2-0 to emerge general champions of the event.
The Federal University Lokoja additionally recorded a robust exhibiting in basketball and volleyball occasions. In the male basketball last, the establishment defeated Prince Abubakar Audu University 50-34 to clinch the title.
In feminine volleyball, Federal University Lokoja defeated Prince Abubakar Audu University 3-1 to emerge champions, whereas Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja defeated Prince Abubakar Audu University 2-0 within the male volleyball last.
The athletics occasions additionally produced spectacular performances from college students representing taking part tertiary establishments throughout the state.
In the boys’s 100 metres, Sunday Attah Junior of the Federal Polytechnic, Idah gained the gold medal, whereas Patrick Anthony of Kogi State University, Kabba, took silver. Abdullahi Abdulkareem of the Federal University Lokoja gained bronze.
Ozah Anastacia of the Federal College of Education, Okene, gained gold within the ladies’s 100 metres. Mohammed Hafisat of the Federal University Lokoja completed second to assert silver, whereas Omachonu Jennifer of the College of Health Science and Technology, Idah, took bronze.
In the boys’s 200 metres, Abraham Tobias of the Federal University Lokoja emerged winner, with Sunday Attah Junior of the Federal Polytechnic, Idah, taking silver and Adegboye Kayode of Prince Abubakar Audu University successful bronze.
Adagiri Blessing of the Federal University Lokoja gained gold within the ladies’s 200 metres, whereas Ozah Anastacia of the Federal College of Education, Okene, claimed silver. Joel Justina of Prince Abubakar Audu University completed third to take bronze.
In the boys’s 400 metres, Oniyelu Moyinoluwa of the College of Nursing Sciences, Obangede, gained gold. Owolabi Stephen of the Federal University Lokoja took silver, whereas Obidike David of the Federal Polytechnic, Idah, gained bronze.
The ladies’s 400 metres noticed Ozah Anastacia of the Federal College of Education, Okene, declare one other gold medal. Mohammed Aishat of the Federal University Lokoja gained silver, whereas John Precious of Prince Abubakar Audu University took bronze.
In the boys’s 4×100 metres relay, the Federal University Lokoja emerged champions, adopted by Kogi State University, Kabba, in second place and the Federal Polytechnic, Idah, in third.
The Federal University Lokoja additionally gained the ladies’s 4×100 metres relay, whereas the College of Health Science and Technology, Idah, completed second and Prince Abubakar Audu University got here third.
The profitable conclusion of the maiden Governor Ododo All Campus Games marked a big second for tertiary establishment sports activities in Kogi State, bringing collectively college students from varied establishments to compete and showcase their skills throughout completely different sporting disciplines.
