Victor Osimhen is out of the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations

Victor Osimhen is out of the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations. This was revealed by the NFF’s spokesperson, Ademola Olajire on Friday, adding that only the goalkeeping department is unchanged NFF said Super Eagles have invited four new players for AFCON over the health concerns and injuries of some players. Other players newly added to the AFCON squad are right back Tyrone Ebuehi, England–based Oluwasemilogo, Greece-based Henry Onyekuru, and Czech Republic-based forward Peter Olayinka. Olajire said, Lively forward Victor Osimhen’s positive test to the coronavirus pandemic a couple of days ago and injury to the versatile Abdullahi Shehu have constrained changes to Nigeria’s final 28-man list for the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations starting in Cameroon next weekend.

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