Super Eagles forward, Alex Iwobi, has tested negative for COVID-19 after testing positive for the virus last Saturday.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) made this known via its official Twitter account on Tuesday morning.
Recall that officials of the Super Eagles team questioned Iwobi’s COVID-19 positive test result that forced the Everton FC forward to miss Nigeria’s African Cup of Nations qualifier against the Benin Republic last Saturday.
Iwobi was replaced by Galatasaray’s Henry Onyekuru in the game that ended 1-0 in favour of the Eagles.
The test result also meant that the 24-year-old, who immediately went into isolation, may not feature in the team’s game against Lesotho which will be played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos on Tuesday (today).
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However, the NFF, in a tweet on Tuesday morning, disclosed that further tests carried out on the player returned negative.
“Update: @NGSuperEagles forward, @alexiwobi has tested negative after further COVID-19 tests were conducted,” NFF tweeted.
The Federation, however, did not disclose if the player will feature in today’s game against Lesotho or not.
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