NFF Set To Cap-Tie Chelsea, Arsenal Talents Aina, Akpom; Begin Processing Passports

The Nigeria Football Federation have set the ball rolling to cap-tie Chelsea defender Ola Aina and Arsenal striker Chuba Akpom ahead of the Super Eagles African Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa on June 10.

One of the requirements that must be satisfied before the applications of the London-born talents can be sent to Fifa for approval is that they must be in the possession of Nigerian passports.

“It is the choice of the technical adviser (Rohr) but we will support him. Only him can decide if Aina and Akpom will be called up for the South Africa AFCON qualifier, ” a top staff of the Nigeria Football Federation told allnigeriasoccer.com.

“Efforts are being made to process their switch. We are working on the passports of Ola Aina and Chuba Akpom, the Nigerian Federation in collaboration with Ministry of Internal Affairs.”

Ex-England U19 skipper Ola Aina played competitively for England U19s at the UEFA Euro U19 Championship Qualifiers back in 2014, while Akpom has featured for England U21s in a competitive match against Norway this season.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel