Nigeria’s only individual Olympics gold medalist till date, Chioma Ajunwa-Okpara, has been decorated as an Assistant Commissioner of Police, by the Police Service Commission.
The event took place at the Police College in Ikeja.
The Promotion from a Chief Superintendent of Police comes only after a week after Ajunwa-Okpara, launched a foundation to discover new stars that will take the Nigerian nation to new heights.
The event held in Abuja was reportedly snubbed by top government officials but the strong lady of sports has remained dogged and said she will take sports to a height nobody can imagine, according to Thisday.
A delighted Director General of Chioma Ajunwa-Okpara Foundation, Prince Henry Amike, himself a top-notch athlete in his days, said the promotion of Chioma, was to showcase her professionalism, both in the police and the service of the nation.
