Ethiopian claim female category of this year Okpekpe 10km race.

The fem‎ale category saw Gebru of Ethiopia completing the race in 33  minutes, 59 seconds and was followed by Kenya’s Veronica Maina, who finished in 34 minutes, 19 seconds.
Timbili Jemeli, also from
Kenya, took the third position after completing the race in 34 minutes, 39 seconds.
The fastest Nigerian female athlete in the race, Deborah Pam, finished in 38 minutes, 15 seconds and was followed by Elizabeth Nuhu from Nasarawa State in 38 minutes, 41 seconds, while Rose Ajusho came third in 38 minutes, 55 seconds.
The winner, first and second runners-up in the elite female category also received, $15,000, $10,000 and $7,000, respectively.
For the Nigerian male and female categories, the winners, first and second runners-up got N250,000, N100,000 and N80,000, respectively.

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