Eric Chelle, Super Eagles manager have invited 35 home based Super Eagles to camp, ahead of the start of this year’s Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) tournament to be co-hosted by Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.
Dominating the provisional list is Nigeria premier football league champions, Remo Stars, with invitation extended to seven of their players, to begin preparation before the start of the tournament.
The list which was made available on Friday evening by the communications department of the Nigeria Football Federation, also had five players from Rivers United, another five from Ikorodu City, four from Abia Warriors, while three made it through from the camp of the current champions of the President Federation Cup, Kwara United.
Other teams whose players were also selected includes Enugu Rangers, which had three on the list, Enyimba and Plateau United will be represented by two players each, while the likes of Nasarawa United, Kano Pillars, Shooting Stars and Sporting Lagos, had one player respectively.
Nigeria, 2018 runners-up, are pitted in group D of the 19-team tournament, alongside Cup holders Senegal, Sudan and Congo.
The Super Eagles will play their first two matches of the competition, against Senegal and Sudan, at the Amman Stadium on the island of Zanzibar, before taking on Congo at the Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in Dar es Salaam.
35 PLAYERS FOR SUPER EAGLES B CAMPING IN IKENNE-REMO
Goalkeepers: Henry Ozoemena Ani (Enyimba FC); Kayode Bankole (Remo Stars); Nurudeen Badmus (Kwara United); Lawal Mustapha (Shooting Stars); Ebenezer Harcourt (Sporting Lagos)
Defenders: Sodiq Ismaila (Remo Stars); Waliu Ojewole (Ikorodu City); Bankole Afeez (Kwara United); Taiwo Abdulrafiu (Rivers United); Uzondu Harrison (Ikorodu City); Junior Harrison Nduka (Remo Stars); Mohammed Kabiru (Kwara United); Ngengen Leonard (Ikorodu City); Ifeanyi Onyebuchi (Rangers International); Steven Mayo Egbe (Rivers United).
Midfielders: Adebayo Olamilekan (Remo Stars); Adejoh Ojonugwa (Abia Warriors); Saviour Isaac (Rangers International); Musa Zayyad (El-Kanemi Warriors); Haddi Haruna (Remo Stars); Otaniyi Taofik (Rivers United); Papa Daniel Mustapha (Niger Tornadoes); Adam Aminu (Kano Pillars); Michael Tochukwu (Remo Stars)
Forwards: Anas Yusuf (Nasarawa United); Adamu Abubakar (Plateau United); Shola Adelani (Ikorodu City); Sikiru Alimi (Remo Stars); Temitope Vincent (Plateau United); Ijoma Anthony (Abia Warriors); Atule Joseph (Enyimba FC); Ayomide Cole (Ikorodu City); Sunday Megwo (Abia Warriors); Aniekeme Okon (Rivers United); Godwin Obaje (Rangers International.
