One of Nigeria’s promising sprinters, Godson Oghenebrume, has been handed a 27-month prison sentence by a United States federal court after he was convicted of illegal possession of a firearm while in the country on a non-immigrant student visa.

Godson Oghenebrume, a Nigerian sprinter and former Olympic hopeful, has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison in the United States after pleading guilty to illegally…

Nigerian sprinter Godson Oghenebrume has been sentenced to 27 months in a US federal prison for firearm possession and faces deportation. Learn more about