Enyimba is not under pressure to carry Nigeria’s continental hope – Oladapo

Enyimba is not under pressure to carry the hope of the Nation
on their shoulders on the continent in the season’s campaign
Midfielder Austin Oladapo has said.

Enyimba started their CAF Champions League campaign with a 1 – 0
first leg away win over Burkina Faso side FC Rahimo in Ouagadougou
last weekend.

The Implications of the first leg results is that, the Two times
CAF CL winners are in good position to progress into the next
round.

After the result in Ouagadougou, fans were full of praises for
Enyimba’s and the clubs is also tipped them to go far on the
continent.

When quizzed, if Enyimba is under pressure due to the
expectation , Oladapo told brila.net the club is not new to such
demands, but hope to make Nigeria proud.

“We are not under pressure, we only sees it as an opportunity to
make ourselves and Nigerians proud,” said Oladapo.

“We worked so hard in the first leg, but we are not going to let
ourselves down in the second leg and Nigerians should be expecting
total victory from us.”

Nigeria’s second representatives in the CAF Champions League,
Plateau United lost at home to Simba SC of Tanzania.

In the Confederation Cup, Kano Pillars and Rivers United lost to
AS Jafaar and Futuro Kings FC respectively.

Oladapo, has however backed the Nigerian clubs to turn the ties
around in the second leg.

“Other teams also tried their best, I’m sure they will do better
in the second leg,” he concluded.

The post Enyimba is not under pressure to carry Nigeria’s
continental hope – Oladapo appeared first from online sources and was reposted by the community on Latest Sports
News In Nigeria.

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has paid a
condolence visit to the erstwhile Senate Leader and ex-Chairman of
Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN),
over the sad death of his wife, Amaka.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Special
Assistant on New Media to the governor, Olabode Richard
Olatunde.

Late Amaka Ndoma-Egba died in a ghastly auto crash on her way to
Okitipupa in Okitipupa Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo
State.

Governor Akeredolu who had earlier condoled with Ndoma-Egba
through an official statement, personally visited the ex-NDDC
helmsman in his Abuja residence alongside the Chairman of Ondo
State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), Engr. Ade
Adetimehin and some members of the state executive council.

The Exco members include: the Head of Service, Mr. Dare
Aragbaiye, Commissioner for Finance, Hon. Wale Akinterinwa and the
Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Hon. Donald
Ojogo.

Akeredolu sympathized with his close friend, Ndoma-Egba and
prayed to God to grant him and the family the courage and strength
to bear the irreplaceable loss.

Since the painful death of Amaka occurred, many other prominent
Nigerians have visited the abode of Ndoma-Egba in Asokoro to
comfort and show love to him and his family members.

Among them are: Vice President of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Governors of Kebbi and Jigawa
States, Atiku Bagudu and Badaru Abuabakar, Minister of Niger Delta
Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, former Deputy Senate President,
Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Senators James Manager and Smart Adeyemi,
former Governor of Cross River State, Liyel Imoke, Senator Bob
Effiong, former NBA President and one-time Minister of Justice and
Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Chief Bayo Ojo, SAN.