Izuchukwu OkosiPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu will travel to Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire for Sunday’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations final between hosts Cote d’Ivoire and three-time African champions Nigeria.
Prime Business Africa understands that this was disclosed by Vice President Kasim Shettima who spoke to Confederation of African Football President Dr. Patrice Motsepe about plans by Nigeria’s leader to cheer the Super Eagles to victory against the host team.
Motsepe, who has attended almost all the games of the tournament barring some of the third group stage matches that were played simultaneously, on Friday evening faced the media in a press conference where he spoke on a number of pertinent issues on African football.
By attending the final, Tinubu will become the second Nigerian president to grace the final of the Afcon involving Nigeria.
President Shehu Shagari was present at the Lagos National stadium on 25 March 1980 when the Green Eagles of Nigeria defeated Algeria 3-0 to win the country’s first African title.
Nigeria’s Military head-of-state Sani Abacha was not present in Tunisia when the Super Eagles won the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations while onetime Senate President, David Mark was at the head of Nigeria’s delegation when the Super Eagles won in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2013.
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.
