Wellington Jighere become the first African to win the English-language World Scrabble Championship in November 2015. Image source: Wellington Jighere/Facebook |
Current world Scrabble
champion Wellington Jighere has said that he and his team have been denied
visas to France to take part in a Scrabble contest.
He broke
the news on Facebook:
I
and my Nigerian compatriots were refused visas. Yes, you heard me right! The
number one Scrabble playing nation on earth was refused visas to enable her
contingent participate at a Scrabble event."
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