Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, his immediate predecessor in office and now Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, also a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, as well as the Youth and Sports Minister, Barrister Solomon Dalung, will arrive Russia on Friday to lead support for the Super Eagles ias they confront Croatia on Saturday.
Also in the delegation, officials confirmed, are President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee and Nigeria’s IOC Member, Engineer Habu Ahmed Gumel, as well as a number of other bigwigs and directors in the Sports Ministry.
They will be received on arrival by Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Professor Steve Davies Ugbah; President of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick; NFF Vice Presidents Seyi Akinwunmi and Shehu Dikko; NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi; other Members of the NFF Executive Committee and Management and; the Consul-General in the Nigerian Embassy, Nura Bello Dankadai.
The Eagles will not lack support in the other side of the stands at the Kaliningrad Stadium, where members of the Nigeria Football Supporters Club would cheer them relentlessly.
President of the Nigerian community in the Russian Federation, Suberu Ozigis said that about 1,500 Nigerians living in Moscow, and some 500 who are residents of Saint Petersburg, will be in Kaliningrad for the match.
