Some athletes registered by Rivers State for the forthcoming National Sports Festival have threatened to dump the state if former Technical Director of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN Sunday Adeleye is re-engaged as consultant on sports by the state government. Thisis coming following the appointment of Boma Iyayi as the Sports Commissionerwho is likely to re-engaged Adeleye. Iyayiengaged Adeleye as consultant on sports for River State for the last 19thNational Sports Festival held in 2018 in Abuja and many had feared the ‘sacked’athletes representative on the board of the AFN was on his way back despite hiscontroversial exit from the job last year. Adeleyewas alleged to owe many athletes either part or full payments of allowancesdespite the state government fulfilling all financial commitments to thefestival.