Ekuta hails from a family of Judokas. Her mum, Catherine Ekuta is a judoka who competed at international level for Nigeria while her dad Ewa Ekuta is a former Judoka who also excelled at National level. He is also part of the Nigeria Judo Federation.[3][4]
At the 2020 African Judo Championships in Dakar, Ekuta competed in the 63 kg event and won a gold medal by defeating the 2019 African games champion and 2014 commonwealth silver medalist Hélène Wezeu Dombeu of Cameroun.[5][6]
At the 2019 African Judo Championships held in cameroun, She won a silver medal in the 63 kg event.[7]
She also won a bronze medal at the 2019 African Judo Championships held in Senegal.[8]
She is also a National Youth Games champion and a Nigeria University Games gold medalist.[9][10][11]