2023 Onitsha City Marathon cancelled!

Organizers of the Onitsha City marathon says this year’s edition of the race will no longer hold.

Philip Balepo, the race’s deputy project manager says in a statement that the race organizers and their marketing partner have decided to cancel this year’s edition but gives no reason for the decision.

‘The general public is hereby notified that the 2023 Onitsha City Marathon , OCM, will no longer hold. We, the Main Organising Committee, MOC, in conjunction
with our Marketing Partners, GLS PROJECTS, look forward to the 2024 edition. For every inconvenience, kindly bear with us,’ wrote Balepo in the press
statement.

The Onitsha City marathon is one of the road running events in Nigeria whose course has been certified by a World Athletics/AIMS accredited course measurer.

The first edition of the race was held in 2019 and the second edition was initially fixed for September 30 2023 before it was postponed to November 25, 2023 before the outright cancellation.