African
women football champions Super Falcons were formally decamped on
Wednesday in Abuja following their success at the 9th African Women
Championship (AWC) in Namibia.
This was contained in a statement by the team’s Media Officer, Gracious Akujobi.
It
said Team Administrator Ruth David, who informed the players of the
decamping, also said they were expected to return next week for a
presidential reception at the Aso Rock Villa.
NAN reports that
President Goodluck Jonathan had on Wednesday received the AWC trophy at
the Villa from team captain Evelyn Nwabuoku.
The player was in
company of Amaju Pinnick, the Chairman of a faction of the Nigeria
Football Association (NFA) board, and the team’s Chief Coach, Edwin
Okon.
The statement said President Jonathan had promised to formally host the team on 5 November.
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