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Bose Omolayo Stands Firm on Her Ibusa Ancestry as Community Pressure Builds for a Hero's Welcome

 Bose Omolayo Stands Firm on Her Ibusa Ancestry as Community Pressure Builds for a Hero's Welcome By Emeka Esogbue Paris Paralympic champion, Bose Omolayo, has responded to her fellow citizens in the Ibusa community in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, following the outpouring of joyful surprise upon learning that she is an indigene of the area.  In a media interview with PEN MASTER on Wednesday, the paralympian legend expressed her pleasure and confidence in her Ibusa ancestry, saying that her Ibusa roots are deeply ingrained in her. She further asserted her ancestry, remarking that she never lost her Ibusa heritage at any time and had often affirmed it.  "The Ministry of Sports knows my hometown, officially documented and I speak my Enuani dialect eloquently."  "I sustain unwavering pride in Anioma and declare my Ibusa ancestry unshakably. My Ibusa roots run deep." Asked why her name changed, she said it was only a sporting name given to her...