Tinubu Holed Up In Europe Makes Video Call With Super Eagles Ahead Of AFCON Clash

In the video, Tinubu was seen having a video call with the Super Eagles players in Cote d’Ivoire ahead of their clash with the Palancas Negras of Angola on Friday.
President Tinubu on Friday from his “resting place” in France put a call across to the Super Eagles of Nigeria ahead of their match with Angola.

The video of the moment was shared by the president’s son, Seyi Tinubu, who noted that the president called to “motivate” the team ahead of their quarter-final encounter in the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2023.

The video was shared by the President’s son, Seyi Tinubu on his Instagram stories and captioned, “Mr President #officialasiwajubat encouraging the team ahead of the AFCON quarter-final match with Angola.”

In the video, Tinubu was seen having a video call with the Super Eagles players in Cote d’Ivoire ahead of their clash with the Palancas Negras of Angola on Friday.

The match will be at 6pm today.
The Super Eagles’ goal is to beat Angola to secure a spot in the semi-finals.

SaharaReporters had on Janaury 25 reported that Tinubu urged the Super Eagles to improve their performance and do better in the final stages of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire, saying he was not impressed with the group matches.

Tinubu’s message had been delivered through the Minister of Sports, John Enoh, who spoke to the players from Abuja via Zoom in Abidjan.

According to Enoh, the President said he was not too impressed with the showing of the team during the group stage.

The minister had said, “I had a meeting with the President yesterday. I went to the villa for something else and the President cornered me and said we (Eagles) managed to qualify and I said that’s how we are going to keep going until we win the tournament.

“He said that I should tell the players that he wasn’t too impressed with the last match but he knows that now that they are off the group stages, they are going to impress him more.

“That’s what the President told me and it means that the President is actually watching your matches. Would you believe this? And the President is urging you and also showing an understanding of the game because he knows that there is a lot of caution at the group stage and from the round of 16, you are going to be more impressive.

“I remember that in 2022 in Cameroon, Egypt as a country struggled to qualify but they went ahead to play the finals.”
Responding, team captain, Ahmed Musa, had thanked the sports minister but also called on the President to come to see them play live saying it would serve as a motivation to the players.