Top Nigerian Scrabble players and officials have arrived Cape Town, South Africa venue of the 11th edition of the Africa Scrabble Championship. The event starts from the 25th of October and ends on the 28th of October, 2014.  The team led by President of the Nigeria Scrabble Federation, Alh Suleiman Gora is expected to repeat Nigeria's dominance of the game in Africa by retaining the trophy won at the 10th ASC by Rex Ogbakpa the defending champion who is also a member of the current team. Nigeria has won 9 of the previous 10 editions of the championships. Two members of the Nigerian team Jighere Wellington and Ikekeregor Dennis have been crowned Africa Scrabble Champion twice.  62 players representing 6 African countries are participating at this year's championship.

Players List

1. Jighere Wellington
2. Eta Karo
3. Olatunde Oduwole
4. Ogbakpa Rex
5. Dennis Ikereregor
6. Ayorinde Saidu
7. Nsikak Etim
8. Prince Omosefe
9. Kabir Olaiya
10. Moshood Sanni
    
11. Moses Peter
12. Owolabi Lukeman
13. Anthony Ikolo (Coach/Player)
    
14. Olobatoke Aka
15. Faruk BabaInna
16. Sulaiman Garba
17. Bassey Umoh
18. Oladokun Esan
19. Beatrice Touyo Mayuku

You can follow the 2014 ASC results here.