Career
She picked up two bronze medals each in the 57-kg division at the All-Africa Games (1999 and 2007), and represented her nation Nigeria at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Ekuta qualified for the two-member Nigerian judo squad in the women"s lightweight class (57 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing third and receiving a berth from the African Championships in Tunis, Tunisia. Ekuta received a bye in the opening round, before crashing down the tatami to an ippon and a sleeve lifting and pulling hip throw (sode tsurikomi goshi) from Switzerland"s Lena Göldi with just forty-four seconds remaining in her first match.