Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- Former Governor of Anambra State and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has extended warm congratulations to Nigeria's women's basketball team, D'Tigress, for their record-setting victory at the 2025 FIBA Women's AfroBasket Championship in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

In a message titled "Mission V Accomplished," Mr Obi hailed the team's extraordinary performance and lauded their unwavering spirit after clinching a historic fifth consecutive AfroBasket title and seventh overall.

"Congratulations, D'TIGRESS, you did it. You played like true queens of the court-fearless, fast, and unstoppable," Mr Obi said in a post shared via his social media handles.

"Again, you've made Nigeria proud, you've made Africa ...