Stand-in Super Eagles B head coach Daniel Ogunmodede has invited 26 players to a training camp for the upcoming African Nations Championship (CHAN), including captain Nduka Junior, goalkeeper Henry Ozoemena, defenders Sadiq Ismail and Ifeanyi Onyebuchi, midfielder Saviour Isaac, and forward Sikiru Alimi.
According to the Nigeria Football Federation on Saturday, the players are to begin closed camping at the Remo Stars Sports Institute, Ikenne-Remo in Ogun State on Monday.
The tournament, reserved for players featuring in their domestic leagues, is scheduled for February 1 to February 28 in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Goalkeeper Kayode Bankole, defenders Imo Obot and Stephen Manyo, midfielders Musa Zayyad, Rabiu Ali and Papa Daniel Mustapha, and forwards Adamu Abubakar and Emmanuel Ogbole have also been invited to the training camp by Ogunmodede.
The Super Eagles B, for the first time ever in the qualification series, got the better of Ghana’s Black Galaxies to qualify for the tournament, after a 3-1 win in Uyo last week that followed a 0-0 draw in the first leg in Accra six days earlier.
The eighth edition of CHAN will feature 18 countries: joint-hosts Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, Nigeria, Morocco, Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Niger Republic, Congo, Sudan, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola and Madagascar.
26 EAGLES FOR CAMPING IN IKENNE-REMO
Goalkeepers:
Henry Ozoemena (Enyimba FC); Kayode Bankole (Remo Stars); Badmus Gbadamosi (Kwara United)
Defenders:
Sadiq Ismail (Remo Stars); Waliu Ojetoye (Ikorodu City); Imo Obot (Enyimba FC); Taiwo Abdulrafiu (Rivers United); Nduka Harrison Junior (Remo Stars); Victor Collins (Nasarawa United); Ifeanyi Onyebuchi (Rangers International); Steven Manyo (Rivers United); Abiam Nelson (Kano Pillars); Afeez Bankole (Smart FC)
Midfielders:
Jide Fatokun (Remo Stars); Rabiu Ali (Kano Pillars); Saviour Isaac (Rangers International); Musa Zayyad (El-Kanemi Warriors); Papa Daniel Mustapha (Niger Tornadoes); Kazeem Ogunleye (Rangers International)
Forwards:
Anas Yusuf (Nasarawa United); Emmanuel Ogbole (Kwara United); Adamu Abubakar (Plateau United)); Sikiru Alimi (Remo Stars); Temitope Vincent (Plateau United); Samuel Ayanrinde (3SC); Sunday Megwo (Abia Warriors)
