Nigerian athletes have become the beautiful brides of the London 2012 Paralympics Games, following their exploits in the power-lifting event.

And as a measure, Nigerian officials are closely monitoring the athletes to prevent them from bolting away from camp.

Checks revealed that some of the athletes have plans to stay behind in London to seek greener pastures just like other African athletes who refused to return to their countries during the Olympics Games.

“We are keeping a close watch over our athletes.  We know that some of them might want to stay back and change their nationality ahead of the 2016 Games,” said Dapo Akinyele secretary of the power lifting federation of Nigeria.