Super Eagles skipper and Villareal talisman, Samuel Chukwueze got some special prayers from his mother before heading for the 2021 African Cup of Nations (AFCON), holding in Cameroon.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Chukwueze’s mother held the player’s legs and prayed for him in her Igbo language, and the Super Eagles player said amen to the prayers.
“Let him be the Joshua of his people that will lead his people to the promised land,” Chukwueze’s mum prayed in English.
TNG reports Chukwueze departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja with the rest of the Super Eagles squad on Wednesday for Garroua where they will confront Egypt, Guinea-Bissau and Sudan in the group D of 2021 AFCON.
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