The victory of the Team Nigeria contingent to the just concluded 8th All African Games kept President Olusegun Obasanjo in suspense, owing to the confusion that trailed the release of the authentic medal table right up to the last minute.

The President, who arrived the Abuja Stadium for the closing ceremony of the Abuja 2003 Games, had approached the President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Engineer Habu Ahmed Gumel quietly to find out the final result so that he would not be going into the ceremony without knowing what the situation was.

The NOC boss, who was, himself engrossed in the uncertainty, also parried the President to the Sports Minister, Col. Musa Mohammed, who in turn claimed he did not know the result, thereby extending Obasanjo's desire to know.

But while, this situation continued, other Nigerians were in suspense about the result of the Games, with the Egyptians who were deluded into believing that they were leading going into wide celebrations.

However, the moment of truth and information finally came when the Supreme Council for Sports in Africa (SCSA) finally announced the result, and it was the turn of Nigerians to go into wide jubilation.

Before that the Organisers of the Games, who had failed to record the nine medals won by Nigeria in the Special Sports, now deemed it right to do so, with Nigeria jumping up to 85 gold, while Egypt followed with 81. Thus ending the confusion.