"Remember your village people": Edo indigenes celebrate Victor Osimhen’s Turkish Cup win

• Super Eagles guardant Victor Osimhen scored doubly successful the Turkish Cup last to interruption a 24-year grounds to assistance Galatasaray triumph
• The 26-year-old besides acceptable a caller grounds with 35 goals successful his debut play for the Turkish giants
• Edo indigenes person appealed to the 2023 CAF Player of the Year to retrieve his kinsmen successful Edo state

Victor Osimhen powered Galatasaray to a 3-0 triumph implicit Trabzonspor to assistance the 2024 Turkish Cup connected Wednesday night, May 14.

The Nigerian guardant recovered the nett successful the 46th and 63rd minutes to powerfulness Okan Buruk’s squad to a 3-0 triumph implicit Trabzonspor, securing the club’s 19th Turkish Cup title, a nationalist record.

With his brace successful the Turkish Cup final, Osimhen present has 35 goals successful 39 matches for Galatasaray, per Transfermarkt stats.

Victor Osimhen celebrates aft scoring a extremity during the Ziraat Turkish Cup last lucifer betwixt Trabzonspor and Galatasaray. Photo by: Akin Celiktas/Anadolu.
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He has besides acceptable a caller nine grounds for astir goals scored successful a azygous play by a overseas subordinate for the Super Lig giants.

Edo indigenes marque passionate entreaty to Osimhen

Some self-identified indigenes of Edo State person made a heartfelt entreaty to Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen, urging him to enactment his kinsmen successful Okhuesan.

Family members successful the community person claimed that the Galatasaray guardant has distanced himself from them since rising to prominence successful some nine and planetary football.

Yusuf Sakiru specifically called connected the erstwhile Lille prima to assistance his father’s relatives, who helium says are surviving successful mediocre conditions.

He added that galore footballers and celebrities widen philanthropic gestures adjacent to those extracurricular their families, and encouraged Osimhen to bash the same. He said:

“Victor Osimhen delight perceive to bully proposal here, kindly assistance your contiguous Parents' family. “It's not indispensable you question down location earlier doing that Almighty Allah person blessed you springiness what beryllium to Cezar to Cezar. “Again you are the lone Celebrity that volition beryllium helping his oregon her radical successful the village, we person had Some people's earlier you delight bash the needful God volition surely guiding you and you shall not autumn down successful your beingness Amin."

In the aforesaid vein, Ken Igbokwe urged Victor Osimhen to travel the footsteps of shot stars similar Didier Drogba, Yaya Toure and Sadio Mane who springiness backmost to their community. He said:

“God prime him for a purpose. Mane is been emotion by his radical bc of the foundation works helium is doing for his colony people. Go to dider Drogba and yaya colony and spot foundation begins astatine home.”

Victor Osimhen of Galatasaray celebrates aft scoring his team's archetypal extremity during the Turkish Super League lucifer against Kasimpasa. Photo by: Ahmad Mora.
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Mixed absorption trails Edo indigenes' suggestions

Legit.ng compiled immoderate of the comments that trailed the post. Read them below:

Okotie Emmanuel Allen said:

"Success has relative, but nonaccomplishment is an orphan. Osimhen spell and find your basal and subordinate with them, you mightiness request them someday."

Michael Dosumu replied

"Osimhen na Yoruba antheral permission him alone, not an ungrateful chap similar galore of you that turn up successful the westbound but inactive condemn the people."

Oshili Chinedu added:

"Nothing similar that, erstwhile helium was nobody, who helped him( Osimhen.v.)."

Effiong Mbom questioned:

"Who basal help? They privation to bewitch him."

John Rukevwe Ogbodu wrote:

"Where were the Okhuesan elders erstwhile helium was hawking axenic h2o successful the streets of Olusosun successful Lagos, and was cleaning gutter for N20, they didn't cognize him and his begetter then, it is present they cognize him."

Osimhen reportedly offered ₦1.3 cardinal play

Legit.ng earlier reported that amid speculation astir Victor Osimhen's adjacent club, helium could marque headlines with 1 of the most lucrative contracts successful shot history.

Reports suggested that Saudi Pro League giants, Al-Hilal, had made an connection of ₦1.3 cardinal per week to effort and lure the Nigerian planetary distant from Europe.

The nine was reportedly prepared to not lone conscionable Napoli’s €75 cardinal merchandise clause, applied to non-Italian clubs, but besides tabled a immense yearly wage for Osimhen.

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