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MIKEL OBI PRESENTS WORLD CUP SHIRT TO ASIWAJU TINUBU

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BY KUNLE SOLAJA.

 

The shirt worn by Mikel Obi, Nigeria’s skipper in the 2-0 defeat of Iceland at the Russia 2018 World Cup has been framed and presented to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

 

The presentation was made at the Ikoyi home of the famous politician on Tuesday when Mikel Obi paid a courtesy call to the Bourdillon home of the APC leader.

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Mikel is in the country to unfold his plans for the “Nigeria’s Next Football Superstar” which is due to hold early next year in three locations in Nigeria.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.

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