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A Sudanese national suspected to be 30 years old, has been apprehended by Canadian border officials after posing as a teenager while playing for a high school basketball program. Jonathan Nicola, who stands at 6’9 and weighs 202 pounds, has spent the last six months as a 17-year-old grade 11 student of Catholic Central High in Windsor, as per reports from Fox Sports. The deception was first revealed by Canadian sports media, Hoops Hype Canada, in their Twitter page on Thursday. embed:
BREAKING Jonathon Nikola who played for Catholic Central @ @ofsaabasketball is 30 not 17 years old (@TheWindsorStar) pic.twitter.com/Ng2vKGRLs6
— Hoops Hype Canada (@HoopsHypeCA) April 20, 2016