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A Johannesburg-based Akwa Ibom indigene and longtime household person of South African planetary footballer Ime Daniel Okon, Mr Francis Akpan, has disclosed that Okon has said it would beryllium intolerable for him to play for Nigeria.
Akpan spoke with our analogous successful a telephone interview, explaining wherefore representing Nigeria is nary longer an enactment for the player.
He said Okon has insisted that South Africa is the lone state helium genuinely considers location contempt his Nigerian roots.
Akpan said, “I knew his begetter precise good earlier helium passed away. The lad has ever lived successful South Africa. He has told america helium cannot play for Nigeria due to the fact that helium was ne'er approached and knows virtually thing astir the country.”
Okon was calved successful Johannesburg successful 2004 to a Nigerian begetter from Akwa Ibom State but has ne'er visited Nigeria and has had nary transportation with the country’s shot system.
The erstwhile SuperSport United defender told an planetary media outlet precocious that his precocious father, a wrestler, ne'er took him to Nigeria oregon introduced him to shot authorities successful Nigeria portion helium was increasing up.
According to him, though helium was eligible to correspond the Super Eagles done his father, that accidental has efficaciously passed, arsenic helium has already committed his planetary aboriginal to South Africa’s elder nationalist team, Bafana Bafana.
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