…Urges Team to keep up momentum ahead of Subsequent Matches
By Saidu Abubakar
Nigeria’s Pillar of Sports, Chief Donatus Agu-Ejidike JP, has congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria, following a 2-0 victory over their Rwandan counterparts, at the Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, Friday evening.
An elated Agu-Ejidike who spoke with a journalists in Lagos, shortly after the match, could not hide his joy of seeing the Super Eagles being back to winning ways, after playing four matches, drawing three, and losing one, before Friday’s victory, in the qualifying series so far, commended the level of the players’ concentration and tenacity that helped secure the victory on the road. All the three-time African champions needed to pick their first maximum points of the World 2026 qualifying series was a first-half brace from Victor Osimhen.
Agu-Ejidike who is also the patron of the Nigerian Football Supporters Club (NFSC) commended the whole team for their resilience, by not allowing initial results to weigh down on them, going to Friday’s match, as they got the job done.
The Anambra-born International business mogul also congratulated the the new handler of the team, Eric Chelle, for having hit the ground running with the all-important three points, describing it as a good omen for both the coach and the team in the race to qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
The former President of the Karate Federation of Nigeria (KFN) however, urged the team to keep the winning momentum ahead of their next match, billed for the Godswill Akpabio Stadium, Uyo, on Tuesday, 25th of March 2025, and beyond, saying that the race has just begun.
He advised the team to do their own part on every match-day, and hope for favourable results from the venues of other matches in the group, adding that there is little or no margin for error, if Nigeria must qualify for the next World Cup which will be hosted jointly by the USA, Canada and Mexico.
With the victory, Nigeria have now moved a spot up the log, to the 4th position with 6 points, after five rounds of matches. South Africa sit atop the table with 10 points, after defeating Lesotho 2-0. They’re closely followed by Benin Republic in second, with eight points, after playing out a 2-2 draw with Zimbabwe on Thursday, while Rwanda is placed 3rd.