President Buhari Congratulates D’Tigress For Defeating Senegal To Emerge 2019 FIBA Afrobasket Championship

D’Tigress , President Buhari
D’Tigress , President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Nigeria women national basketball team, D’Tigress for emerging champions of the 2019 FIBA Afrobasket Championships in Dakar, Senegal. 

D’Tigress beat host Senegal on Sunday, August 18,  at the finals 60-55, to become the first team to win back-to-back FIBA Women’s AfroBasket titles.

Via a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu on Monday, President Buhari congratulated the team saying;

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“President Buhari hailed the team for their remarkably synergized play that enabled them to outpace and outplay all the teams at the tournament to retain the title they won in 2017, further consolidating their position as African champions with four titles.

“The team were also commended by the president for their discipline, maturity and focuses all through the tournament, and deliberateness in promoting the Nigerian flag and accompanying virtues of resilience, persistence and dogged pursuit until victory was achieved.

“President Buhari equally thanked all the officials and technical hands that guided the team to win the African title, urging them to remain focused on deploying such energy and talent in subsequent global tournaments.