Eagles to get Buhari’s blessing on May 29

Ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Super Eagles will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa in Abuja on May 29.

May 29 is Democracy Day in Nigeria and the Eagles will be using the D-day to get president’s blessing.

As gathered by SportigLife.ng, the three-time African Champions under the tutelge of German Coach Gernot Rohr will fly to Abuja after a scheduled friendly with DR Congo in Port Harcourt on May 28.

According Rohr, the Super Eagles will open the World Cup final selection training camp on May 22 with the 30-players invited expected to be in camp.

“NFF have made provision for seamless logistics for the team including the assistant technical handlers, and backroom staff. We would all be meeting with Mr. President,” Rohr said.

The Eagles are expected to fly out to London for its high-profile World Cup warm-up against England on June 2. The final 23-man list for the World Cup will be announced on June 4.

Rohr further explained that Nigeria will depart for Russia on June 11, five days before their opening Group D match against Croatia.