Izuchukwu Okosi
The quintet of Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa, Odion Ighalo, William Troost-Ekong, Oghenekaro Etebo and Emmanuel Dennis are the first set of players to arrive the country ahead of the crucial FIFA World Cup play-offs against the Black Stars of Ghana on Friday.
Join our WhatsApp ChannelThee three Watford players (Ekong, Dennis and Etebo) along with Ighalo, flew into Abuja from Lagos on Sunday night and will be in camp on Monday before lunchtime.
Other players expected in camp later on Monday are Cyprus-based goalkeeper Francis Uzoho, Semi Ajayi, Joe Aribo, Calvin Bassey, Leon Balogun, Abdulahi Shehu, Maduka Okoye, Victor Osimhen.
Meanwhile Lorient of France defensive midfielder Innocent Bonke has been called up by the technical cred of the Super Eagles as replacement for injured Leicester City’s Wilfred Ndidi.
Ndidi picked up a knee injury in Leicester’s Europa Conference League game with Rennes last week and has been ruled out of the games.
The Super Eagles announced the replacement on its official Twitter handle on Sunday, “Camp update: Innocent Bonke has been called up as replacement for injured @Ndidi25 for the #WCQ games against #Ghana. Get well quick Wilf.”
The first leg of the play-off will be played on Friday, 25 March at the same Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi, while the second leg will go down on 29 March, at the MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja.
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.
