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Saraki pays Super Eagles courtsey visit

Senate President Bukola Saraki boosted the morals of the Super Eagles players after he made a Surprise to the team’s hotel on Tuesday evening.

The sport-loving ex-governor of Kwara State was full of smiles as he receives every member of the team, exchanging handshakes and taking a group photograph with them and the technical crew.

The high point of the visit was when the Senate President urged the players to deliver the very best of performance at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

The players also use the medium to assure you the Senate that they would do their best tl make Nigeria proud at the World Cup.

Nigeria is expected to depart for London on Wednesday as they prepare to face the Three Lions of England in a pre-warm friendly at Wembley on Saturday.

Four days later, they will confront the Czech Republic in their final warm up matches before travelling to Russia for their opening fixture against Croatia on June 16.

This post was last modified on November 30, 2018 2:02 pm

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