As expected, goalkeeper and skipper Ikechukwu Ezenwa will wear the No 1 jersey for Nigeria at the CHAN tournament, while experienced midfielder Rabiu Ali will wear the No 10, according to the squad numbers for the competition released by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday.
Second choice goalkeeper Dele Ajiboye has jersey No 16 and the third goalkeeper on the squad, Theophilus Afelokhai, will have jersey No 23, while NPFL Goal King Anthony Okpotu spots the No 9 shirt at the CHAN.
The full squad numbers
Shirt No. Name Jersey Name Position Birthdate Current Club
1 IKECHUKWU VINCENT EZENWA
2 OSADEBAMWEN MOSES OKORO
3 DANIEL JAMES James
4 EMEKA FRANCIS ATULOMA
5 KALU ORJI OKOGBUE
6 STEPHEN EZE
7 CHUKWUDIEBUBE EMEKA OGBUGH
8 IFEANYI IFEANYI
9 ANTHONY OKPOTU
10 RABIU ALI
11 ENEJI PETER MOSES
12 IKOUWEM UDO UTIN
13 IBRAHIM MUSTAPHA
14 TIMOTHY DANLADI
15 EKUNDAYO SOLOMON OJO
16 OLADELE MUNIRU AJIBOYE
17 IFEANYI SAMUEL NWEKE
18 AUGUSTINE TUNDE OLADAPO
19 ABDULLAHI TAYO MUSA
20 MOHAMMED MOHAMMED NUR
21 SUNDAY ADEYEMI FALEYE
22 OKECHUKWU GABRIEL
23 THEOPHILUS AFELOKHAI