Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, has pledged financial and moral support to the country’s cash-strapped amputee football team, but the Special Eagles face a race against time to make it to the World Cup in Mexico.
Mikel Pledges Cash to Support Nigeria’s Amputee Football Team Ahead World Cup
The Nigerian amputee football team, who has missed the last three World Cups due to a lack of finances, took to crowd-funding early this month to help them travel to compete in the 2018 tournament.
Both the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president, Amaju Pinnick, and the Super Eagles squad have made significant financial contributions, but captain John Mikel Obi has now stepped in to assist.
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“We’ve spoken to a representative of John Mikel Obi who has offered to help the team,” coordinator of fund-raising, Fred Edoreh, told BBC Sport.
“His support will come as a big boost, but right now the dilemma is to find the flights to get the squad to Mexico.
