In the men’s category, Nigeria defeated Ghana 28-18 to claim the gold.
Meanwhile, Nigeria also won a silver medal in the men’s 87kg Greco-Roman Wrestling event.
This was after Tochukwu Okeke defeated Tunisia’s Sobri Mmosria 7-5 in his final game of the event to snatch a medal with his wife also present at the venue of the event to support him.
The category had four fighters registered and took a round-robin format.
Overall, Okeke won two of his fights and lost one.
NAN also reports that in the men’s football event, Cameroon pipped Nigeria 1-0 in extra time after a pulsating semi-final encounter that ended goalless at the end of regulation time.
In the other semi-final encounter, Algeria defeated Equatorial Guinea 2-0, after a one-sided encounter.
The result means that Cameroon and Algeria will slug it out in Saturday’s final, while Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea play the 3rd/4th place match.
A total of 20 games are being competed for in the 2nd edition of AMGA 2024.
1,625 athletes from no fewer than 21 African countries are participating in the Games which opened on Wednesday and due to end on Nov. 30. (NAN)
