The Nigerian Super Eagles have arrived at the Aéroport International Felix Houphouet Boigny d’Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, ahead of the opening of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday.
The team, led by coach Jose Peseiro and captain Ahmed Musa, took off from Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport on Wednesday morning.
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Before their departure to Abidjan on Wednesday morning, the team was hosted to a dinner by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday at the State House, Marina, Lagos.
The Nigerian team joins Atlas Lions of Morocco, Egypt, Mozambique, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau, among others to touch down in Cote d’Ivoire for the tournament.
The Eagles will play their first match of the tournament with Equatorial Guinea on Sunday, January 14, 2024, followed by games against host country Cote d’ Ivoire on Thursday, January 18 and Guinea Bissau on Monday, January 22, 2024.