According to Vanguard, Okagbare and her footballer husband, planned to travel to Los Angeles where the double sprint 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist is based. But Otegheri was denied a visa, something that left Okagbare distraught and confused. Okagbare trains with American coach, John Smith in Los Angles and was hoping that her husband who won four caps with the Super Eagles will be around at her weakest moments.
Blessing told Vanguard:
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“I feel so bad that America Embassy would turn down the visa request
by my husband to travel with me to Los Angeles. I have resumed training
for the season and I have to go back to my base (Los Angeles) with my
husband so that I can concentrate. I have sent copies of my documents,
including my Resident Permit in Los Angeles to them so as to facilitate
my husband’s traveling with me to the States, but they refused. Help me
appeal to them to grant him visa because it won’t be easy for me to
shuttle between Nigeria and the States every time. I have to concentrate
on my training and the only way to do so is to have my husband with me
in the States. I have been so sad since my husband returned from Abuja
with this bad news. They have to do something about it,” she lamented
