Eguavoen Drops 11 Players

Nigeria Olympic team at the weekend decamped 11 players from a training camp in Ibadan ahead of next month’s CAF U-23 Africa championship, which serves as the final qualifying round for the football event for the 2012 Olympic.

The players dropped are Orji Kalu (Heartland), Uche David (Sharks), Imole Bashiru (Bolowotan FC), Yakubu Olarenwaju (Rising star), Abomina Izuegbu (36 Lions) and Chinedu Sunday (Rangers).

Others are Abubakar Kareem (First Bank), Ekpai Ubong (Akwa United), Sadiq Saliu (36 Lions), Stanley Ohawuchi (Heartland), who did not report to camp, and Franklyn Okafor ( Bendel Insurance).

According to Dream Team V Media officer Arafat Aliu, the players left the team’s Genesis Hotel camp, Ibadan, on Sunday.

He added that Dream Team V goal Keeper, Dele Ajiboye will lead the early arrivals of players as Phase two of the team’s camping exercise begins on Monday.

Also expected to hit camp on Monday is Ganiu Oseni, Kingsley Udoh and Shope Ahmed.

Meanwhile,as the second phase camping exercise of the national U23 team gets underway, coach Austin Eguavoen has read the riot act to his team.

Eguavoen at the weekend issued a fresh code of conduct in the Genesis Hotel camp of the team.

“As you all know am as easy going person, please do not give me a reason to send you out of this camp. We are here for business and that is the bottom line. If you know that you cannot adhere strictly to this camp rules now is the time for you to pack your bags and leave because there would be no sacred cows to these rules,” Eguavoen declared while endorsing the one-page code of conducts which has 29 “DO NOT(s)” broken into three categories of General rules, House rules and Restaurant rules.

The former Black Leopards of South Africa Coach warned he would not tolerate any form of indiscipline, stressing that any player who feels he is above the camp rules should leave on arrival.

“I want to repeat this again, anyone who is not comfortable with this camp rules should save this team the headache and leave now. Because I don’t want any players calling any official in this team names at the end of the day. If we must get it right and deliver the Olympic ticket come December, it starts from now.”

The First phase of the Dream Team V camping exercise ended at the weekend.

The CAF Under 23 championship will kick off November 26, in Cairo, Egypt.