The big news before kick off was the decision of the Rivers United technical manager, Stanley Eguma, to dropSunday Rotimi, Bernard Ovoke and Guy Kuemian from the starting line-up
Browsing: Gambo Mohammed
While in hospital, Gambo was visited by some players of Rivers United at the Braithwaite Memorial Hospital, where he was hospitalized on Sunday following the injury from the Match Day 12 fixture in Port Harcourt
Pillars’ Skipper, Gambo Muhammad, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Saturday
The Eagle Online gathered that some of the players were shot and are receiving treatment in hospital in Lokoja, Kogi State
Pillars swept aside Al Malakia of South Sudan 3-0 in Kano on Saturday, for a 5-0 aggregate win, while Moghreb edged C.O.B. of Mali 3-2 on aggregate to be eligible
The four-time Nigerian champions will now play against the winners of the match-up between Tetouan of Morocco and Olympique de Bamako of Mali in the next round of the competition in mid-March
The first half saw Pillars dominating possession, but they lacked the cutting edge to score
Mohammed, who opened scoring when the Eagles ‘B’ defeated Cote d’Ivoire 4-1 in the first leg in Kaduna, has been nursing an injury.
He is best remembered for his famous miss against Spain at the recent FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil