Nigeria senior woman football team will be without star striker Asisat Oshoala when the Super Falcons play Cape Verde in a double header in the Africa Women’s Cup of Nations qualifiers, Nigeriasoccernet.com reports.
Oshoala along aside Jennifer Echegini are the latest invited players to have withdrawn from the fixtures.
Halimat Ayinde, Ifeoma Onumonu, Christy Ucheibe, and Michelle Alozie have earlier excused themselves.
The Super Falcons will host the first leg of the fixture against their counterparts from Cape Verde at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja, on Thursday, November 30.
The second leg is scheduled for the Santiago-Estadio Nacional Blue Shark in Praia on Tuesday, December 5.
Rivers Angels’ Chiamaka Chukwu will take the place of Oshoala, while Falconets forward Chioma Olise will be Echegini’s replacement.
The overall winners will earn a place at the 2024 WAFCON, which will be hosted by Morocco.
By Olujimi Dare Ogun