Nigeria U23 defender Segun Oduduwa has been effectively ruled out of the 2016 Rio Olympics as he will be sidelined for at least eight months after he dislocated his knee in training with the national team last week.
Sports ministry’s medical director Abdulkadir Muazu said Oduduwa will be out for a minimum of eight months after he and several top officials visited the player at his hotel room in Abuja Wednesday.
Muazu was the ministry’s delegation led by permanent secretary Christian Oha who visited the injured player to assure him that the federal government will ensure he receives the best treatment as he suffered the injury while on national service.
Oduduwa from Nath Boys FC of Lagos has been an integral part of the Dream Team VI as they won the U23 AFCON in Senegal in December and also finished third at last year’s All Africa Games in Congo Brazzaville.
The highly-rated central defender was dropped from this week’s trip to an invitational tournament in South Korea on account of the injury.