AFTER missing AFCON qualifiers Match Day 3 action in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State due to injury, Victor Osimhen has been invited for Match Day 5 and 6 on the road to Morocco.
Also returning to the Super Eagles team after a while out is Real Sociedad’s Umar Sadiq.
Umar Sadiq is yet to score or assist in six outings with Real Sociedad, and 34 games with the Spanish La Liga side, he has scored only 4 goals.
The 27-year-old forward’s record with the Super Eagles is 11 games and 1 goal.
Defender Gabriel Jeremiah Adedayo Osho makes a return to the nest of three-time African champions. In March 2024, Osho was called up for the first time but did not make his debut due to injury.
Nigeria leads Group D of the 2025 AFCON qualifiers with 10 points, have a date to keep with Benin Republic, who are on 6 points on the 14th of this month in Abidjan, and four days later, they will host Rwanda, currently on 5 points in Uyo.
The list made public by the interim coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Augustine Eguavoen, on Wednesday includes 3 goalkeepers, 7 defenders, 6 midfielders and 7 forwards.
In the list are Captain William Ekong, Atalanta of Italy’s Ademola Lookman and winger Moses Simon.
Keeper Francis Uzohu and Terem Moffi have been frozen out of the Eagles for some time now.
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