The result of Alex Iwobi second coronavirus test has turned out to be negative just three days after the authorities in Benin Republic said he tested positive to the virus,.
The result in Benin Republic saw him dropped from the squad for the game where he was billed to start but without him Nigeria went ahead to win the game 1-0 courtesy of a late goal from Paul Onuachu.
Coach of the Nigerian team Gernot Rohr contested the result of the test terming it as fake and ordered a fresh test which was conducted two days ago. The result was made known earlier today by the official handle of the Super Eagles.
It means he will now return back with the squad for today’s dead rubber tie against Lesotho as said by coach of the team Gernot Rohr after yesterday’s training session, where he also confirmed that Joe Aribo will miss out of the team for the game.
“The training was okay, we had a long time getting here because we want to beat traffic. We had one hour, fifteen minutes of good work”, Rohr said after yesterday’s training.
“ Unfortunately one player is not with the team which is Joe Aribo he has stomach problems. So we are not sure to make him play tomorrow and we are also waiting for the result of Alex Iwobi coronavirus test. If he is not, we will play again Henry Onyekuru on the left side like we did the other day.