Super Eagles head Coach, Eric Chelle, has listed Remo Stars players Junior Nduka and Sikiru Alimi and 33 others in a provisional list of Super Eagles B for the 8th African Nations Championship (CHAN) taking place in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda next month, www.aclsports.com reports.
First-choice Henry Ani from Enyimba leads a group of goalkeepers that includes Kayode Bankole from Remo Stars, Kwara United’s Badmus Nurudeen, Mustapha Lawal (Shooting Stars) and Nigeria U20 star Ebenezer Harcourt.
Defenders called up include Waliu Ojetoye, Ifeanyi Onyebuchi, Mohammed Kabiru and Uzondu Harrison, Sodiq Ismaila, Stephen Manyo Egbe, and Bankole Afeez.
Midfielders Saviour Isaac and Haddi Haruna, and forwards Sunday Megwo, Adamu Abubakar and Godwin Obaje, Kano Pillars midfielder Adam Aminu, and forwards Atule Joseph and Temitope Vincent have also been invited.
Both Nduka and Alimi were in the main Super Eagles team that Chelle took to Europe last month for the Unity Cup and also an international friendly away to Russia in Moscow.
Nigeria, who were losing finalists in 2018, will play their first two matches of the tournament, against Senegal and Sudan, at the Amman Stadium on the island of Zanzibar, before taking on Congo at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
All invited players have been instructed to turn up at the Remo Stars Sports Institute, Ikenne-Remo, Ogun State on Monday, 7th July with their international passports and current club license.
35 PLAYERS FOR SUPER EAGLES B CAMPING IN IKENNE-REMO
Goalkeepers: Henry Ozoemena Ani (Enyimba FC); Kayode Bankole (Remo Stars); Nurudeen Badmus (Kwara United); Lawal Mustapha (Shooting Stars); Ebenezer Harcourt (Sporting Lagos)
Defenders: Sodiq Ismaila (Remo Stars); Waliu Ojewole (Ikorodu City); Bankole Afeez (Kwara United); Taiwo Abdulrafiu (Rivers United); Uzondu Harrison (Ikorodu City); Junior Harrison Nduka (Remo Stars); Mohammed Kabiru (Kwara United); Ngenge Leonard (Ikorodu City); Ifeanyi Onyebuchi (Rangers International); Stephen Manyo Egbe (Rivers United)
Midfielders: Adedayo Olamilekan (Remo Stars); Adejoh Ojonugwa (Abia Warriors); Saviour Isaac (Rangers International); Musa Zayyad (El-Kanemi Warriors); Hadi Haruna (Remo Stars); Otaniyi Taofik (Rivers United); Papa Daniel Mustapha (Niger Tornadoes); Adam Aminu (Kano Pillars); Michael Tochukwu (Remo Stars)
Forwards: Anas Yusuf (Nasarawa United); Adamu Abubakar (Plateau United); Shola Adelani (Ikorodu City); Sikiru Alimi (Remo Stars); Temitope Vincent (Plateau United); Ijoma Anthony (Abia Warriors); Atule Joseph (Enyimba FC); Ayomide Cole (Ikorodu City); Sunday Megwo (Abia Warriors); Aniekeme Okon (Rivers United); Godwin Obaje (Rangers International)
