February 1, 2013 | 8:00 pm
afcon 2013
There was a big relief and cheery
news for the Super Eagles of
Nigeria when Confederation of
African Football, CAF, confirmed
Chelsea’s Mikel Obi eligible to play
against Cote d’Ivoire on Sunday in
the quarter finals of the Nations
Cup.
There has been so much
apprehension in the Nigerian
team that Mikel had gotten two
yellow cards and stands suspended
in the crucial game against Cote
d’Ivoire.
Super Eagles midfielder, Mikel
Obi cleared to play against Cote
D’Ivoire
CAF co-ordinator, Emmanuel
Maradas cleared the air Friday
when he said that only Fegor
Ogude from the Nigerian team
would miss the quarter final match
due to two yellow cards he got
during the preliminaries.
Speaking on Ogude’suspension,
Keshi said that it was a shame that
he would not be on duty but
quickly added that he had enough
fire power that would make up for
his absence.
“We would have been happy for
him to play but we have good
players, 23 of them registered to
be on duty on situations like this”.