After Nigeria defeated Egypt in its third-place match, many people expected Super Eagles players to receive their bronze medals on the final day of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament, but that wasn’t the case.
Shedding light on why that was so, Osasu Obayiuwana, The Guardian journalist, shared on X (formerly Twitter), what the NFF President Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau, told him concerning that.
In a tweet on Monday, January 19, the journalist said the NFF president told him that Super Eagles players could not wait to receive their medals on Sunday, January 18.
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This is because their clubs were already on their necks for their return to club action. Osasu added that the NFF president informed him that the medals are in his possession.
He concluded by saying that the players would have received their medals on the day of the third-place match had the medal ceremony taken place that day.
The journalist’s tweet read:
“Everyone is asking why the @NGSuperEagles players did not receive their #AFCON2025 medals in #Maroc.
Here is the answer from @thenff President @IbrahimMusaGus1, who just spoke to me a few minutes ago:
“’The players could not wait to receive their medals on Sunday. Their clubs were already after them to come back after Saturday’s game. I have the medals in my possession. And this is the case for #Egypt too, not just us. Had the medal ceremony taken place on the day of the match, they would have had the medals,” Gusau said.,”
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