Obaje, Egbuchulam replaces injured Moses, Success
Nigeria’s Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr has reacted swiftly to letters from English Premiership clubs Chelsea and Watford that forwards Victor Moses and Isaac Success are injured and therefore unavailable for the Super Eagles’ crunch encounter with Zambia in Ndola on Sunday. Chelsea’s Moses and Watford’s former junior international Success had been called up as part of Nigeria’s squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifying Matchday Day 1 tie against the Chipolopolo, but the Nigeria Football Federation received letters over the weekend saying Moses has hamstring trouble (adduced as reason for his being substituted in Chelsea’s match against Hull City) and that Success, who scored for Watford in their 2-2 draw at home to Bournemouth on Saturday, has a knock and finding it difficult to walk. Rohr has now called up NPFL stars Godwin Obaje and Chisom Egbuchulam to take the places of the two injured players. Obaje, on the books of Wikki Tourists of Bauc...