/ 13 February 2000

OBASANJO URGES ‘SUPER EAGLES’ TO BEAT CAMEROON

PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo has urged the Super Eagles’ to beat Cameroon in Sunday’s finals of the African Nations Cup the country is co-hosting with Ghana. “As you go out to the field Sunday, you carry with you the hopes and aspirations of all Nigerians for whom your success will be a demonstration of our determination to make Nigeria great again,” Obasanjo said in a goodwill message to the team in Abujas on Saturday. Nigeria will meet the ‘Idomitable Lions’ of Cameroon on Sunday having defeated South Africa 2-0 to qualify for the finals.