By Yusuf A. Yusuf
The head coach of Nigeria’s Amputee Football Team, Coach Gbenga Nwewe, will soon release the final list of players for the upcoming 2024 Amputee African Nations Cup.
But local and international Amputee players are in camp for screening under the watchful eye of coach Gbenga and his assistant El Ahmed in Lagos for preparation to Cairo.
The professional players, joined their local counterparts in camp to plan for the trophy.
About five Kano Amputee football team players, both local and international, are taking rigorous training in the camp in Lagos for screening ahead of the next edition of the African Nation Amputee football competition this month.
The four players are from Kano Amputee and one from Turkey as a international player, they are taking training under the leadership of Coach Gbenga Nwewe.
The player from Kano team are Captain Rabiu Yahaya better known as Lazio, Isa Yusuf Vice Captain, Friday Habu and Abba Musa all from Kano team and also an International Amputee player from Kano Emmanuel who playing in Turkey.
The rest of the players in the camp are; Blessing Agu, Usman Abdullahi, Sarafadeen Olalekan Oyeleke, Kennedy Ezeji, and Nnanna Nwankpa, Bolaji Olaogun, Ibrahim Ndako.
Also the rest are Daniel Ahize, Michael Joel, Kelvin Kingsley, Izuchukwu Nwachukwu, Ogidan Olayemi Quadri Umar Grema Mohammed.
The draw, which took place at Al Salam Stadium in Cairo, has set the stage for an exciting tournament that will run from April 19th to April 28th.
As the tournament approaches, all eyes will be on the opening match between Nigeria and Egypt. Fans are eagerly awaiting the start of the games, and the teams are gearing up for the challenge.
