{
  "id": 17576510,
  "title": "Ikogosi Marathon to groom 10 Ekiti athletes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/ikogosi-marathon-to-groom-10-ekiti-athletes-17576510",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-01T10:10:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/ikogosi-marathon-to-groom-10-ekiti-athletes/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Ikogosi Marathon Initiative has announced plans to support the careers of 10 indigenous athletes discovered during the competition.\n\nSeparately, Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, has called for international sanctions against Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji and the organizers of the Ikogosi Marathon. According to Daily Post Nigeria, Sowore accused the organizers, led by Makinde Araoye, of complicity in what he described as a deadly assassination plot against him and his team.\n\nSowore demanded that World Athletics blacklist the organizers from future sporting events and called for an independent investigation into the alleged roles of the state government and the marathon organizers. He also stated his intention to pursue legal measures against both the state government and the organizers nationally and internationally.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}