The glory days of Nigeria football will be relived today in Lokoja in honour of Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello with a testimonial game between the Super Eagles Class of 1994 and the Atlanta ’96 Dream Team.
SCORENigeria gathered that the game will be graced by Governor Bello, who has declared interest to contest for the country’s Presidency.
The roll call of the past stars is most impressive – Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, Peter Rufai, Mutiu Adepoju, Tijjani Babangida, Garba Lawal, Julis Aghahowa, Victor Ikpeba and Ifeanyi Udeze.
In 1994, Nigeria won a second AFCON title in Tunisia and qualified for their first-ever World Cup, where they reached the Round of 16.
Two years later, the country made history when by becoming the first African team to win Olympic soccer Gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
