Dream Team to hit Nigeria on Monday

Players and officials of the victorious U-23 National Team, Dream Team, which lifted the Africa U-23 Cup of Nations on Saturday night, will be arriving Nigeria on Monday.

According to the team’s itinerary, the Dream Team will be departing the Leopold Senghor International Airport on Monday at 3am aboard an ARIK Airline flight, and is expected to touch down at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos by 9am. The group will then board another ARIK airline flight to Abuja.

Meanwhile, all three overseas –based professionals, namely Captain Azubuike Okechukwu and forwards Junior Ajayi and Taiwo Awoniyi have returned to their different clubs and will not be part of the delegation arriving Nigeria.

All three players departed for their bases immediately after the Dream Team returned to its Alafifa Hotel base from the Stade Leopold Sedar Senghor on Saturday night.

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