Information from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics have confirmed the hospitalised Nigerian official to be a high-ranking official of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC).

The official who tested positive to the coronavirus is reportedly to be in his 70s and his conditions may have been triggered off owing to his age and pre-existing health conditions.

Sports Village Square further gathered that the IOC said that 85 per cent of the residents in the Olympic Village will have to be vaccinated against COVID-19.