8 male athletes from Nigeria competed at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States.

[1] In many parts of Africa, people with physical and mental disabilities face widespread stigma.

[2] This is the context to which Nigerian Paralympians engage both society and sport internally, in their own country.

[3] The Nigerian Paralympic delegation left the Games having won more medals than their Olympic counterparts.

Monday Emoghavwe, Abraham Obaretin, Johnson Sulola and Patrick Akutaekwe won a medal in powerlifting.