Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that Ovie Ejaria is qualified to play for his fatherland.
NFF president, Amaju Pinnick revealed Ejaria had been cleared by the world football governing body, FIFA, to switch international allegiance from England to Nigeria.
Pinnick revealed Ejaria has applied for an international switch and the process is on, but FIFA has not cleared him to represent the three-time African champions.
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“What I said was that he wrote requesting to switch and the process was on, simple, Pinnick said.
Ejaria was born in England and has represented the Three Lions at youth level. But he qualifies to represent the Super Eagles through his parents.
It remains to be seen if the 23-year-old would be cleared on time for Nigeria’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers next months.
