Businessman Udofia offers Super Eagles $20,000 per goal
Businessman Aka Udofia has offered the
Super Eagles the sum of $20,000 for every goal scored in Monday’s 2018
World Cup qualifer against Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions in Yaounde.
The businessman from Akwa Ibom State
made the promise as he briefly greeted players and officials inside the
chartered ARIK Bombadier CRJ 1000 aircraft just before the team took off
at the Ibom International Airport, Uyo.
“I am a very good friend of the Nigeria
Football Federation president, AmajuPinnick, and I am happy that I am
here in time to see you guys before take-off for Yaounde,” Udofia told
the Eagles on Sunday.
“I watched the game against the
Cameroonians on Friday and I am sure you have the ability to conquer
them again in their own territory. I promise to reward you with $20,000
for every goal scored in Yaounde,” Udofia announced to the applause of
players and officials.
Three-time champions Nigeria play
Cameroon on Monday in Yaounde in a Day 4 encounter of the 2018 FIFA
World Cup Africa qualifying race, with five points clear of second
–placed Zambia and seven ahead of third-placed Cameroon.
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