Eguavoen, Chelle hit Ikenne-Remo for Eagles B, as draw holds on Wednesday
Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation, Coach Augustine Eguavoen, has arrived at the Ikenne-Remo camp of the Super Eagles B alongside new Super Eagles’ Head Coach Éric Sékou Chelle, and the latter’s agent, Sidibe Abraham Brehima, Nigeriasoccernet.com gathered.
The trio flew aboard a ValueJet Airline CRJ 700 aircraft from Abuja to Lagos on Tuesday morning and then headed for the Remo Stars’ Sports Institute in the fabled Ogun State town.
On Monday, at Chelle’s unveiling, President of NFF Ibrahim Musa Gusau clarified that Chelle will only be with the Eagles B in a supervisory role. At the same time, the trio of Daniel Ogunmodede, Fidelis Ilechukwu, and Olatunji Baruwa who qualified the team for the African Nations Championship will remain essentially in charge of the team’s preparation and participation at the tournament.
Meanwhile, the draw for the final tournament of the 8th African Nations Championship will take place in Nairobi, Kenya on Wednesday evening.
Super Eagles’ Team Administrator, Dayo Enebi Achor, is on ground in Nairobi ahead of the ceremony that will be held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre from 6pm Nigeria time. CAF’s Director of Competitions, Mr. Samson Adamu will be assisted at the draw by Uganda’s Hassan Wasswa, Tanzanian Mrisho Ngasa, and Kenyan legend McDonald.Mariga.
The names of a total of 19 countries, viz joint-hosts Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, Nigeria, Morocco, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Algeria, Niger Republic, Congo, Sudan, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola and Madagascar will be in the pots for the draw ceremony.
Credit: NFF Media
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