Twenty-five elite athletes from the High Altitude Athletics Club of Jos, Plateau State, and some fun runners will be in Lagos to participate in the February 6, 2016, Access Bank Lagos City Marathon.

Plateau State and adjoining states like Bauchi, Kaduna, Gombe and others have the highest number of long distance, road races and marathon runners in Nigeria.

Coach Steve Nuhu, owner of the High Altitude Athletics Club, said the return of the Lagos City Marathon is one of the best things to happen to Nigerian sports in recent times.

“We are talking about youth empowerment, unemployment and other vices, what better way to engage our youth than having many marathons and road races in Nigeria.