Posted on 07/18/2021 5:53:38 AM PDT by dynachrome
The missing 20-year-old Julius Ssekitoleko was training as part of the nine-member Ugandan team in Izumisano, Osaka prefecture, city officials said.
Teammates realized the athlete was absent around noon Friday when his saliva test sample was not delivered and they found his hotel room empty, city officials said. There was no training Friday morning and he was last seen in his room in the early hours of Friday.
After failing to find him inside the hotel, officials notified police for a broader search.
Media reports said Ssekitoleko, who did not meet Olympic standards in the latest international rankings, was to return home next week. Kyodo News agency said he left a note saying he wanted to stay in Japan and work.
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Blending in is going to be a problem.
A black in Japan?
Like a piece of coal on a white sandy beach.
He’s gunning for asylum Jim.
The Japanese aren’t much for asylum. Uganda is a craphole for sure.
He’s probably coming across the Mexican border
“Kyodo News agency said he left a note saying he wanted to stay in Japan and work.”
That shit don’t go over well in Japan...if you want to go to Japan to work, you had better do it through the proper channels. In this guy’s case, his family will be lucky to see him within the next decade.
I dont blame him. There has to be lot of opportunities for him. Whether as a trainer, security guard or body guard. Why go back to Uganda?
Lol, that was my initial thought as well.
As funny as that is, it’s pretty sad that his home country is so bad that he thinks this is his best shot.
He got a fake ID, changed his name to Ishibashi, and now folks think he owns Bridgestone Tires.
Goes missing right after a mandatory drug test... what were the results of the test?
You already know the answer heh.
This thread should have great jokes, I mean they should easily write themselves.
He may have taken the opportunity to grab a connecting flight.
He could pass as a Nigerian Prince in the Philippines.
Oh yes, I didn’t think of that.
Ironically, I know a few Nigerian princes here too, wonder if they are related. That’s got to be a family to set a world record for the sheer number of sons they’ve produced.
Idi Amin looking for Japanese food
If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say he headed straight for Roppongi.
That’s what I was thinking.
He would stand out in a crowd.
I’m sure he could find a job as a bouncer at a club.
My understanding, from traveling to Japan, you learn Japanese in prison.
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