Portland Trail Blazers forward, Al Farouq Aminu has returned to Nigeria senior national male basketball team ahead of the World Cup Qualifiers.
He will make his return to the national team along with his brother Alade Aminu, 2015 Afrobasket teammate Stan Okoye and Ekene Ibekwe next month when Nigeria hosts the second round of the FIBA World Cup African qualifiers.
This was confirmed in the 12 player list released by the Alex Nwora, Head Coach of DTigers, ahead of the qualifiers scheduled to hold in Lagos from Friday 14th to Sunday 16th of September.
The list includes the trio of Ike Diogu – team captain, Ike Iroegbu and Ike Nwammu who played a significant role in the 2017 Afrobasket.
Ben Uzoh, Bryant Mbamalu, Deji Akindele, Obinna Emegano and Christoper Obekpa also made the roster.
“There is no time to have too many players in camp as some of the players will be arriving a few days to the competition based on the time of release by their clubs” – Coach Nwora speaking on his decision to invite only twelve players.
Nigeria will play against Ivory Coast on Friday 14th, Central African Republic on Saturday 15th, and Senegal on Sunday 16th.
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