Born in Ovu, Delta State, she made her international debut at the 2014 African Youth Games, where she was the 200 m gold medallist. Later that year she competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics in the 200, 400 and 4 × 400 metres relay. She was also due to compete for Nigeria at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, but the whole team was pressured into withdrawal over concerns about the West African Ebola virus epidemic. At the 2015 African Junior Athletics Championships she was a double gold medallist (200 m and 4 × 400 m relay) but was beaten into second in the 200 m at the 2015 African Youth Athletics Championships by South Africa's Nicola de Bruyn. She ended the year with three gold medals at the Commonwealth Youth Games, taking the 200 m and two relay titles.