The Nigeria national team, Super Eagles Wednesday night landed in Cameroon for the 33rd edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, held in the country from 9th January- 6th February 2021.
Coach Augustine Eguaveon and his team made the two-hour flight from Abuja into the Central African nation on a chartered Air Peace aircraft to the waiting hands of the Nigerian High Commission officials at the Garoua International Airport.
Before now, Ethiopia, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Morocco, Malawi, and Guinea had arrived in the country, thus taking the number of participants in the country to eight, including hosts Cameroon.
Since their arrival, the three-time African champions have completed their administrative and medical formalities at the Garoua International Airport before moving to their base in the North region of the country.
The Nigerian travelling delegation, comprising 25 players including captain and most capped player Ahmed Musa, who was part of the 2013 Afcon winning squad in South Africa, is hopeful of a successful outing after a Bronze winning feat at the last edition in Egypt.
The Nigerian team may do battle with Cameroon’s top-flight side Coton Sport of Garoua, who are gearing up for their CAF Confederation Cup campaign, in their final pre-tournament warm-up match on 7 January – four days to their opener against the Pharaohs of Egypt at Roumde Adjia Stadium.
After launching their campaign against Mohamed Salah’s side, the Super Eagles will face Sudan in their second match before wrapping up their group C outing against Guinea-Bissau.
