Super Eagles captain and Chelsea midfielder, John Obi Mikel and veteran tennis player, Funke Oshonaike will be leading Nigeria's contingent to the Rio 2016 Olympics as team captain and assistant team captain respectively.
This was announced in a statement issued on Tuesday by Nneka Ikem-Anibeze, Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Youths and Sports, Mr Solomon Dalung.
Mikel is attending his first Olympics as one of the three over-aged players invited to the national under-23 football team for the games while Oshonaike is a veteran of the Olympics having made her debut at the Atlanta games in 1996.
“Mikel and Oshonaike were chosen because of their consistency, patriotism and dedication to national assignments.
“Mikel is a young, patriotic footballer of international status and we believe he will be a role model to the upcoming athletes, while Oshonaike is experienced and is one of the oldest athletes in the team.
“We believe that their combined efforts will bring goodwill to Team Nigeria and project the county’s image positively to the world,’’ said the statement.
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