Super Falcons striker Esther Okoronkwo has become the target of racist attacks on social media after claiming that cash was stolen from players’ wallets while Nigeria’s women’s national team was lodged at the Marriott Hotel in Casablanca, Morocco. SaharaReporters observed that numerous accounts, believed to be Moroccan, flooded Okoronkwo’s Instagram page with abusive comments. Many compared her and other Black people to monkeys and gorillas in what appeared to be racially charged assaults.

Several members of Nigeria's senior women's national football team, the Super Falcons, have reportedly complained that cash was stolen from their rooms while they were staying at…

Super Falcons forward Esther Okoronkwo alleges cleaning staff stole cash from players' rooms at their Morocco hotel. Read about the missing money incident.