Other players already in Uyo include Samuel Chukwueze, Fisayo Bashiru, and newly crowned Bundesliga champion Victor Boniface.
Three players from the NPFL - Ojo Olorunleke , Sodiq Ismail , and Kenneth Igboke - have already arrived in camp, forfeiting crucial matches for their title-chasing teams to answer the national call.
They are joined by a dozen other players, including former NPFL stars Nwabali Stanley , Benjamin Tanimu ), and Ibrahim Olawoyin .Expected to join the team soon are goalkeeper Maduka Okoye , midfielder Oluwasemilogo Ajayi , defenders Calvin Bassey and Alex Iwobi , and attackers Paul Onuachu and Ademola Lookman .
Nigeria will face South Africa at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo on Friday, 7 June, at 8:00 p.m. They will then travel to Abidjan to take on Benin Republic at the Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny on Monday, 10 June, at 4:00 p.m. Ivorian time .The world governing body recently announced some changes in the list of officials for Nigeria's away game against the Benin Republic.
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