Others who did not make the team are Aminu Umar who arrived late to camp and Warri Wolves forward Freedom Omofonma who also arrived camp late after his club’s CAF Confederation Cup game in Burkina Faso.
The Dream Team VI made up of 16 home-based and 5 foreign based professional players are expected to depart the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos this evening for Gabon via an Ethiopia Airline flight.
The 21 players picked for the battle of Gabon are goalkeepers Daniel Emmanuel and Akande Abiodun. While the defenders are Obanor Erhun, Okorom Stanley, Oduduwa Segun, Sani Faisal, Sincere Seth and Atanda Sodiq.
The list also has midfielders Azubuike Okechukwu, Godwin Savior, Tiongoli Tonbara, Saliu Popoola, Oshobe Oladele, Mohammed Usman, Kingsley Sokari, while the forwards are Etebo Oghenekaro, Ajayi Junior, Peter Onyekachi, Iwobi Alex and Paul Onwachu.