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Eagles Decamp, regroup in October

THE Super Eagles were on Sunday officially decamped and are scheduled to resume camping in the first week of October for the October 13 crunch Nations Cup winner takes all tie against the Lone Star of Liberia in Calabar.

Head Coach, Stephen Keshi had after consulting with the NFF leadership, addressed the players at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja, when the team returned from Monrovia, Liberia and told them that they can go their way as camp has officially been dissolved. Those that will be needed for the Liberia return leg match will be notified early, he told the players. Most of the foreign based professionals, including team skipper, Joseph Yobo left after the talk and did not make it to the team Bolton White Apartment camp on Sunday morning.

The team arrived the Abuja Airport at about 6:30am in the morning after a stop-over in Lagos for refueling the IRS Airliner that took them to Monrovia for the match against Liberia. NFF President, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, was at the head of the delegation.

Team Secretary, Dayo Enebi Achor, said the NFF will take a decision on camping dates and place for the team later this week, but noted that a proposal that will see home-based resume camp ahead of their foreign counterparts is already being worked out.

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