Success Ayagwa, a 400-level student at the Air Force Institute of Technology in Kaduna, raced 64 km to honor Nigeria’s 64th independence day.<\/p>\n
The long-distance runner performed the feat at the Nigerian Air Force Base in Kaduna on Tuesday, beginning at 5 a.m. and ending at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n
“I wanted to demonstrate my love for my country, Nigeria, and my talent in long-distance running,” Success said reporters after the race.<\/p>\n
“It was really tough running for five hours, but I knew with perseverance, I would achieve it,” he joked.<\/p>\n
Success is commemorating Nigeria’s independence for the second year in a row with a big run, having completed 63 kilometers last year.<\/p>\n
Success’ coach, Sergeant Wayo Emmanuel, Chief Instructor at AFIT’s Office of the Director of Sports, recognized his talent two years back.<\/p>\n
Success has made considerable progress in his sporting career thanks to Emmanuel’s mentorship.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuccess emerged 7th among runners at the Okpekpe road race last year. With determination, I believe he can achieve his desired goals, especially as he is still within the age range for runners,\u201d Emmanuel said.<\/p>\n
The Director of Public Relations at AFIT, Wing Commander Bassey Okon, praised Success\u2019s resilience and urged Nigerians to work together with the government to achieve greatness.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf youths develop this mindset, Nigeria will be great tomorrow. AFIT\u2019s commandant, Air Vice Marshal Saleh Rabe, has provided leadership that inspires students to excel in various aspects of life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The AFIT spokesman added that Success\u2019s achievement was a testament to the institution\u2019s commitment to nurturing exceptional\u00a0talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Success Ayagwa, a 400-level student at the Air Force Institute of Technology in Kaduna, raced 64 km to honor Nigeria’s 64th independence day. The long-distance runner performed the feat at the Nigerian Air Force Base in Kaduna on Tuesday, beginning at 5 a.m. and ending at 10 a.m. “I wanted to demonstrate my love for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":50553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50570,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50551\/revisions\/50570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}