Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has called up
Galatasaray forward, Henry Onyekuru from the standby list, to replace
Odion Ighalo, ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in South
Africa on November 17.
Ighalo sustained an injury on Wednesday, while playing for Changchun Yatai against Tianjin Quanjian in the Chinese Super League.
He will now sit out the Eagles’ meeting with Bafana Bafana, having missed out on the reverse fixture in similar circumstance.
Ighalo’s withdrawal is the second in three days, after goalkeeper
Francis Uzoho was injured while playing for Elche in the Spanish Second
Division on Sunday.
Theophilous Afelokhai from seven-time Nigeria league champions
Enyimba was handed a call-up to replace the 20-year-old first-choice
goalkeeper.
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