12th July, 2013
Chief Coach of Dolphins Football Club of Port Harcourt, Stanley Eguma, has endorsed the 24-man list released by Coach Stephen Keshi to prosecute the second leg of the African Nations Championship, CHAN 2014 qualifier against Cote d’Ivoire.
Keshi Thursday released the list in Abuja with four new inclusions to beef up the team that recorded a 4-1 victory in Kaduna and Eguma believes the home-based Eagles can finish up the job in Abidjan next weekend.
Eguma is of the view that the four new inclusions would add pep to the Eagles’ squad and also put other players on their toes, “Keshi is doing what is required of a good coach and I’m also backing him to qualify Nigeria for her first African Nations Championship.”
Below is the list of invited players and their respective club sides: goalkeepers: Chigozie Agbim (Enugu Rangers FC); Daniel Akpeyi (Heartland FC)
Defenders: Azubuike Egwuekwe (Warri Wolves FC); Godfrey Oboabona (Sunshine Stars FC); Ganiyu Ogungbe (Kwara United FC); Kwambe Solomon (Sunshine Stars FC); Chibuzor Okonkwo (Enugu Rangers FC); Kunle Odunlami (Sunshine Stars FC); Benjamin Francis (Heartland FC); Ezekiel Bassey (Lobi Stars FC).
Midfielders: Sunday Mba (Enugu Rangers FC); Rabiu Mohammed (Kano Pillars FC); Olufemi Oladapo (Shooting Stars FC); Ayo Saka (Enyimba FC); Mohammed Jiya (Bayelsa United FC). Strikers: Muhammad Gambo (Kano Pillars); Gomo Onduku (Bayelsa United FC); Ifeanyi Edeh (Enyimba FC); Ezekiel Mbah (Akwa United FC); Abdullahi Gero (Enugu Rangers FC); Osadinye Joseph (Warri Wolves FC); Haruna Babalo (El-Kanemi Warriors FC); Etebo Oghene (Warri Wolves FC); Dele Olorundare (Sunshine Stars FC).
—Adebobola Alawode