Team Nigeria lament as U.S. Embassy denies key player, Doko, visa to championship

The Nigeria Scrabble Federation is worried that one of its strongest and talented members to the World English Scrabble Players Association Championship (WESPAC) holding in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States from July 22 to 26, Oluwatimilehin Doko, may miss the competition as the American Embassy has denied him entry visa to the country.   Announcing the development at the weekend, president of Nigeria Scrabble Federation (NSF), Toke Aka, said: “Even though we are thankful that virtually all members of the Team got visas, one of our strongest youth players, a 400 level pharmacy student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) and national number four player, Oluwatimilehin Doko, was denied visa.  

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