The Nigeria Football Federation have gotten another talented German Nigerian defender to join the senior national team of Nigeria ahead of their friendly games in October, Owngoalnigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
As first reported by this portal, Kevin Akpoguma confirmed his switch of allegiance to Nigeria from Germany where he played for their youth teams. Another defender has followed suit.
We gathered he has officially filed in his papers with FIFA after a meeting with Rohr and he will likely join the team in Austria as he already has a Nigerian passport unlike Akpoguma and Kingsley Ehizibue.
Like Akpoguma, Ehizibue hasn’t been issued a Nigerian passport hence wasn’t included in the list of players called up by Gernot Rohr for the game.
“ Yes he has filed his papers officially and if it comes through from FIFA as expected he will be in for his debut against either Algeria or Tunisia. His case is more clearer now but I’m sorry I can’t give you his name”, a member of the backroom team of Rohr told Owngoalnigeria.com.
His expected presence means the defence of the Nigerian team now has three players who were born in Germany as aside Akpoguma, there is Leon Balogun who has been a part of the team for a while now.
