Plateau United football club team Mr. Golbe Elisha will be joining
Nigeria’s super eagles at the national level for Chan qualifier 2018.
The home based ”Super Eagles’ Chief Coach, Salisu Yusuf, has invited goalkeeper
Ikechukwu Ezenwa and 29 other players to camp for next month’s 2018
African Nations Championship qualifying fixture against the winner
between Togo and Benin Republic. Togo and Benin Republic will conclude
their qualifying fixture this month.
The Nigeria Professional Football League leading scorer Stephen Odey,
Akwa United’s nimble –footed midfielder Alhassan Ibrahim, Elisha Golbe
of League leaders Plateau United and Chiamaka Madu of champions Enugu
Rangers are also called.
Kano Pillars’ experienced midfielder Rabiu Ali, Mathias Samuel of
El-Kanemi Warriors, Nasarawa United’s Thomas Zenke and Sunday Adetunji
of Abia Warriors will also report in camp.
Nigeria, 2014 bronze medallists, will lock horns with the winner
of a preliminary fixture between the West African neighbours, with the
first leg taking place on the weekend of 11th – 13th August in either
Cotonou or Lome, and the return leg in Nigeria on Saturday, 19th August.
THE FULL LIST
Goalkeepers: Ikechukwu Ezenwa (FC IfeanyiUbah); Theophilus
Afelokhai (Enyimba FC), Okiemute Odah (Lobi Stars), Dele Ajiboye
(Plateau United)
Defenders: Jamiu Alimi (Kano Pillars); Orji Kalu (Rangers
International); Stephen Eze (FC IfeanyiUbah); Ariwachukwu Emmanuel (Akwa
United); Elisha Golbe (Plateau United); Chima Akas (Enyimba FC); Nasiru
Sani (Katsina United), Osas Okoro (Rangers International), Chinedu
Ajanah (ABS FC)
Midfielders: Hafiz Aremu (Akwa United); Emeka Atuloma (Rivers
United); Raphael Ayagwa (Lobi Stars); Ifeanyi Ifeanyi (Akwa United);
Rabiu Ali (Kano Pillars), Samuel Mathias (El-Kanemi Warriors), Alhassan
Ibrahim (Akwa United), Chiamaka Madu (Rangers International)
Forwards: Mfon Udoh (Enyimba FC); Prince Aggreh (FC IfeanyiUbah);
Sikiru Olatubosun (MFM FC), Thomas Zenke (Nasarawa United); Austin
Oladapo (Gombe United), Stephen Odey (MFM FC); Kingsley Eduwo (Lobi
Stars), Sunday Adetunji (Abia Warriors), Ifeanyi George (Rangers
International)”