Izuchukwu OkosiSuper Eagles striker Terem Moffi on Monday evening arrived the Super Eagles camp in Abidjan ahead of Thursday’s second Group A game of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire.
Moffi was named in the provisional squad of 41 players but did not make the final roster for the tournament until injury struck the team’s attacking department.
Bayer Leverkusen star Victor Boniface who was in the original team of 25 picked by Jose Peseiro copped an injury in one of the team’s training sessions in Abu Dhabi necessitating a quick replacement.
The OGC Nice forward got the nod of his French Ligue 1 side to travel to Abidjan after featuring in his club’s 2-0 defeat to Rennes on Saturday and that means that the full compliment of the team are in the Ivorian capital.
Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho had arrived the team’s camp on Sumday same as Paul Onuachu who was a late substitute for Alex Iwobi in the 1-1 draw against Equatorial Guinea.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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