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Former FIFA U17 World Cup –winning captain Kelechi Nwakali will be stand –in captain at the third Africa U23 Cup of Nations in Egypt.

Nwakali will be expected to supply the ammunition from the midfield for the strikers, including his former U17 team mate, Orji Okwonkwo, to make hay at the fore.

The Nigeria team is brimming with hard workers, such as defenders Valentine Ozornwafor, Olisah Ndah, Sincere Seth and Anthony Izuchukwu, and midfielders Sunusi Ibrahim, Muyiwa Olabiran, Ndifreke Effiong.

England –based Tom Dele-Bashiru, who starred for the Nigeria U20 team at the FIFA U20 World Cup in Poland this …