From: Joe Apu
The Nigeria Basketball Federation has released the names of invited players for the male national basketball team (D’TIGERS) that will participate in the 2017 edition of AfroBasket ball competition taking place in Tunisia. The event is being co-hosted by Senega; and Tunisia.
Those who mad the selection are as follows:
(1)Dike Azuoma– home-based
(2) Yahaya Abdul– home-based
(3) Diogu Ike– foreign-based
(4)Deji Akindele— foreign-based
(5)O’karo Akamune- home-based
(6)Bryant Mbamalu — foreign-based
(7)Ike Nwamu— foreign-based
(8)Akin Akingbala- — foreign-based
(9)Ike Iroegbu — foreign-based
(10)Anthony Odunsi- foreign-based
(11)Kelechi Anuna- home-based
(12) Daniel ochefu – foreign-based
(13) Usman Moussa – home-based
(14) Victor Anthony — home-based
Mousa Adamu and Victor Anthony will go as contingent players, as we did on female national team.
Also on the contingent list for Senegal/Tunisia, are
(1) coach Alex Nwora (Head Coach)
(2) coach Abdurrahman Mohammed
(3) coach Adewunmi Aderemii
(4) Musa Adamu (Team Manager)
(5)Ogunkunle Dayo (physiotherapy)
(6)Ogbindeninu Samuel(TeamDoctor)
(7) Victor Okoro (SA to President)
(8)Adamu Janlong (Technical support)
(9) Sulaiman Saleh ( Media Officer)
The team will depart for Tunisia, from Murtala Mohammed international airport Lagos, on Wednesday morning by 6:20 via Royal Air Maroc airline.