It was a great fanfare in Abuja yesterday
as hundreds of fans trooped out from the
Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium through the major
streets of Abuja to express their appreciation
to the triumphant Golden Eaglets who
defeated African Champions Mali in the
final of the just concluded FIFA U- 17
World Cup to emerge eventual champions for
a record fifth in Chile on Sunday.
A set of fans numbering about 50 started
chorusing saying “please don’t sign for
troubled Chelsea now, please sign for
Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool,
we beg you oooo”, the fans sang.
Team Captain Kelechi Nwakali brimming with
smiles told SportingLife that ‘we are very
happy with this reception. We never expected
this kind of large crowd. This will definitely
spur us to do more in the future when we
progress to the other cadre of the national
teams.
The team went on a motorcade through the
airport road where hundreds of fans lined
up the streets to cheer the victorious Eaglets
who stood throughout the smooth journey to
the Transcorp Hilton Hotels where the team
and officials would lodge singing “O se, o se
o, o se o, o se baba (meaning thank you,
thank you God).
The team fully guarded by the police, Vehicle
Inspection Office (VIO), Department of State
Security (DSS) and Federal Road Safety
Commission(FRSC) and television stations’
vehicles loaded with their staff recording the
proceedings of the day and newspapers’
cameramen too.
As the celebration continued, a minor
accident invloving three cars occured at
Lugbe road, but no life was lost.
SportingLife checks revealed that the vehicles
ran into each other, as the drivers wanted to
catch a glimpse of the players and the
trophy which was displayed through the bus’
window.
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