John Obi Mikel has revealed that he knew about his father’s kidnap two hours before Nigeria’s crucial final group game against Argentina at the 2018 Word Cup in Russia.

Pa Michael Obi was rescued from kidnappers, the Enugu State Police Command said on Monday evening.

And speaking after his dad’s release, Mikel revealed that he was undeterred to play the game when the news was broken to him.

“We were few hours to kick off against Argentina when I got wind of the report that my dad had been kidnapped but I had no choice than to pray for his safety and play the game,” he said.

“I felt I had 180million people behind me and I must make them proud. Which was also the reason I had a wrist cast on my fractured finger for the game.

“And it is very painful that we lost to Argentina if you put all those that happened before the game.”

Source:
https://www.concisenews.global/2018/07/03/mikels-father-kidnapped-few-hours-before-argentina-clash/