THE Nigeria Football Federation has decided to allow
Super Eagles’ captain John Mikel Obi and his assistant, Ahmed Musa to be part
of the Joseph Yobo Testimonial Game planned for the Rivers State capital, Port
Harcourt on Friday, 27th May.
“The NFF leadership has decided that Mikel (Obi) and
(Ahmed) Musa should be excused from the two friendly matches in Europe so that
they can honour Joseph Yobo, who is having his testimonial game on the same
Friday, 27th May that we are playing Mali in Rouen, France.
“The two players have been communicated accordingly,” NFF
General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, confirmed to thenff.com on Thursday.
Nigeria will play Mali in Rouen on 27th May and then take on Luxembourg in
Luxembourg on the first day of June.
Yobo’s testimonial, to which he has invited several
players from outside the country as well as Super Eagles’ players of his
generation, will come up in Port Harcourt.
Joseph Yobo represented Nigeria at both U-20 and senior
levels, captaining the Super Eagles at the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups and
featuring in six Africa Cup of Nations finals. He won a century of caps for the
senior team, with his last match being the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 defeat by
France in Brasilia in 2014.
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