Golden Eaglets jets out to Togo for WAFU championship
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have left the shore of the country for Lome, Togo, the venue of the West African Football Union (WAFU B) U17 Tournament.
The tournament which serves as the 2022 CAF U17 Cup of Nations scheduled to hold between 5th – 20th January 2021.
The five-time world champions led by Coach Fatai Amoo and his back room staffs left for the Lome on Sunday morning.
The Eaglets will kick off their group campaign against Ivory Coast on the Wednesday, and on Saturday, they will take on rivals Ghana
All the group matches will be played at the Stade Municipal in Lome.
Here are the players selected by coach Fatai Amoo for the championship.
Goalkeepers: Destiny Emuwahen; Abdulbasit Abbas, Saheed Jimoh.
Defenders: Victor Udoh; Joseph Kuteyi; Chukwuemeka Egbu; Philip Titiloye; Oludapo Akintola; Emmanuel John.
Midfielders: Benjamin Mustapha; Oluwatomiwa Kolawole; Rabiu Ahmed; Samuel Akere; Vince Osuji; Haruna Hassan
Wingers/Forwards: Michael Emmanuel; Gideon Atoyebi; Samson Ogunmola; Christian Nwachukwu; Peter Asuquo; Basheet Hamzat; Ahmed Abdullahi; Abdullahi Bewene; Joseph Arumala, Stanley Iheanacho.