Ex-Vice President and PDP Presidential candidate Atiku AbubakarBy Ijeoma Okigbo
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Cross River
governor, Donald Duke, have congratulated the Super Eagles over their
2019 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualification.
The Super Eagles were held to a 1-1 draw in their last Group E
encounter with South Africa at the FNB Stadium in that country on
Saturday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Atiku, Delta Governor
Ifeanyi Okowa, Donald Duke and other Nigerians took to twitter to
applaud the Eagles who had launched themselves back to the continental
championship after missing out on two consecutive editions since
winning the 2013 edition.
Delta state Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has also congratulated the Super
Eagles of Nigeria on their qualification, saying its was a thing of joy
since the Nigerian team had missed the last two editions of the
tournament.
A statement by his Chief Press Secretary Charles Aniagwu, Okowa
expressed pleasure at joining millions of Nigerians to congratulate teh
nation’s National Team on their outing.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa had earlier motivated the Eagles into
qualifying with a promise of $25,000 dollars per goal scored against the
South Africans when he watched their training session at the Stephen
Keshi Stadium Asaba.
Okowa Having keenly followed the senior national football team’s
progress in the qualifying stages, commended the team for their sense of
patriotism and professionalism which has culminated in their
qualification.
It would be recalled that Super Eagles of Nigeria trained at the
Stephen Keshi Stadium Asaba and departed for South Africa on board a Max
Air Boeing 737 Chartered Aircraft from the Asaba International Airport
on Thursday.
For Presidential candidate Donald Duke, wrote on his twitter handle
@donald_duke: “Congratulations to the SuperEagles on their qualification
for AFCON 2019! You’ve done the nation proud!”
@atiku, on his part, said “Congratulations NGSuperEagles on
qualifying for the 2019 AFCON. We will be here to cheer you to victory
in the coming tournament.’’
Defenders Shehu Abdullahi and Leon Balogun also appreciated the team’s gallantry.
@ LeonBalogun wrote: “We made it – AFCON 2019! South Africa really tried, but we are the Supereagles.
“I am really happy and proud to be part of this team that brought joy to so many Nigerians by “just chasing a ball.’’
“Not just back home but all over the world! Thanks for the amazing support and love always”.
@officialshehu: ” We made it. Qualified, AFCON 2019″.
Nigeria tops the group with 10 points ahead of South Africa with
nine points with Libya and Seychelles on seven and one point
respectively.
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