– Taiwo Awoniyi and Godwin Saviour have been forced to return to Nigeria
– Media officer of the U-23 Dream Team has also been forced to leave Brazil
– The Dream Team are not entitled to match bonuses while at the Olympics
A stunning report claims the financial difficulties facing the U-23 Dream Team has forced the media officer of the team and players to return to Nigeria.
Dream Team line up before a match
Media officer Timi Ebikagboro and two alternate Stanley Dimgba and goalkeeper Yusuf Mohammed have been ordered to return to the country while two alternate players, Taiwo Awoniyi and Godwin Saviour, have since left the squad.
According to a report by africanfootball.com, Ebikagboro and the players will fly out by 1am Nigerian time from the Nigerian camp in Sao Paolo and head back to Lagos.
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Ebikagboro did not join the team’s training camp in Atlanta Georgia, United States on time as the US Embassy in Nigeria did not release his visa on time.
Taiwo Awoniyi
He joined few days to departure to Brazil and now he is returning back home.
The alternate players and the media officer are not on official list of the Olympics organizers but they could have stayed if the Nigeria Olympic Committee had decided so.
AfricanFootball.com claims ‘Ebikagboro, Dimgba and Muhammed will return to Nigeria Tuesday while their flight- Ethiopia Airline will leave Sao Paolo 1am Nigerian time for Lagos today’ .
Nigeria’s next match is against Germany in the semi-final of the men’s football tournament of the Rio Olympics.
– Media officer of the U-23 Dream Team has also been forced to leave Brazil
– The Dream Team are not entitled to match bonuses while at the Olympics
A stunning report claims the financial difficulties facing the U-23 Dream Team has forced the media officer of the team and players to return to Nigeria.
Dream Team line up before a match
Media officer Timi Ebikagboro and two alternate Stanley Dimgba and goalkeeper Yusuf Mohammed have been ordered to return to the country while two alternate players, Taiwo Awoniyi and Godwin Saviour, have since left the squad.
According to a report by africanfootball.com, Ebikagboro and the players will fly out by 1am Nigerian time from the Nigerian camp in Sao Paolo and head back to Lagos.
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Ebikagboro did not join the team’s training camp in Atlanta Georgia, United States on time as the US Embassy in Nigeria did not release his visa on time.
Taiwo Awoniyi
He joined few days to departure to Brazil and now he is returning back home.
The alternate players and the media officer are not on official list of the Olympics organizers but they could have stayed if the Nigeria Olympic Committee had decided so.
AfricanFootball.com claims ‘Ebikagboro, Dimgba and Muhammed will return to Nigeria Tuesday while their flight- Ethiopia Airline will leave Sao Paolo 1am Nigerian time for Lagos today’ .
Nigeria’s next match is against Germany in the semi-final of the men’s football tournament of the Rio Olympics.
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