Etebo Is Early Bird In Uyo, Mikel & Troost-Ekong Join Abuja Team

Published: October 02, 2017

Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Oghenekaro Etebo is among the first invited players to arrive at the Super Eagles Le Méridien Ibom Hotel & Golf Resort camp in Uyo.

The Air Peace plane that brought the CD Feirense attacking midfielder to Uyo touched down at the Akwa Ibom Airport at approximately 1300 hours on Monday afternoon , and he immediately boarded a taxi to the hotel.

Bursaspor pair William Troost-Ekong and Mikel Agu are expected to be in the Super Eagles traveling party to the Akwa Ibom State capital later this evening, as they are already in Abuja with the squad.

Changchun Yatai striker Odion Ighalo and Mainz defender Leon Balogun arrived in Abuja on Saturday evening and Sunday night respectively and will fly out with the team.

Airport officials have informed this website that the invited players that chose to connect their flights from Lagos to Uyo might encounter problems as there are no more flights into Uyo from the commercial capital today.

The Super Eagles will hold their first training session on Tuesday evening at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel