Tension has erupted in the Lagos camp of Nigeria’s Olympic-bound boxing team as coach Anthony Konyegwachie and boxer Femi Oyeleye are reportedly locked in a bitter love triangle involving a female boxer, Lance Corporal Kehinde Joy Obareh.
The drama came to light on Tuesday after Oyeleye, an All Africa Games gold medallist, accused his coach of dropping him from the Olympic-bound squad over their alleged romantic involvement with Obareh, also an All Africa Games gold medallist.
The 21-year-old boxer claimed Konyegwachie was unhappy with his relationship with the female police boxer, whom he alleged was previously romantically involved with the coach.
Oyeleye further alleged that Konyegwachie had repeatedly asked him to end the relationship and leave Obareh for him, but he refused.
He claimed his decision to ignore the coach’s demands triggered their face-off, accusing Konyegwachie of using his position to settle a personal score by removing him from the team.
He said: “Coach Konyegwachi has an issue with over my affair with KehindebJoy Obareh, who used to be his girlfriend, and had told me to end the affair but I refused.
“My refusal pitched me against him, and he dropped me from the camp to get even.”
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