A victim of polio disease heads the ball during a game of para-soccer in Abuja, Nigeria August 22, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian Gbemisola Ijigbamigbe's right leg was virtually paralysed after she contracted wild polio aged 11 months. Now the 28-year-old leads an active life as a wheelchair basketball player and also enjoys swimming and kayaking.
"Polio is not a death sentence," she told Reuters, smiling.
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