Super Eagles Captain Musa Donates Huge Amount to Atlanta 96 Gold Medalist Turned Taxi Driver

• Kingsley Obiekwu has received the sum of N2 million from Nigeria's Super Eagles captain Ahmed Musa
• Ahmed Musa was moved by Kingsley Obiekwu's condition who is currently working as a taxi driver
• The former Nigeria international was among the big squad that made Nigerians happy at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics

Ahmed Musa who is the captain of the Super Eagles has gifted former Nigeria international Kingsley Obiekwu the sum of N2 million after finding out that he is currently struggling to survive.

Musa who currently plays in Turkey is no doubt one of the richest Nigerian players considering what the former Premier League star has made and still making through football.

There have been reports by Nigerian reporters on social media that Kingsley Obiekwu is currently working as a taxi driver as means of livelihood before it got to the notice of Ahmed Musa.

According to the report on Premium Times and The Nation, Ahmed Musa was touched after reading updates about Kingsley Obiekwu and decided to support him financially.

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Who is Kingsley Obiekwu?

Kingsley Obiekwu represented Nigeria at international level and was a member of the squad which won the gold medal in football at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.

Between the year 1996-1999, Kingsley Obiekwu who was a defender played eight games for the Super Eagles of Nigeria without scoring any goal.

Did he play in Europe during his active playing days?

Kingsley Obiekwu never played in Europe as the defender was a lord in the Nigerian Football League featuring for clubs like Enugu Rangers and Udoji United before he retired.

And after retiring from playing, Kingsley Obiekwu moved into coaching, but things have not been rosy in his coaching career, which made him turn taxi driver.

Super Eagles star scores wonder goal for European giants in win over tough opponents

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Moses Simon was on Sunday, 13 February, the hero as the Super Eagles winger scored the winning goal for his club Nantes. Nantes recorded a 1-0 win over visiting Reims in a French Ligue 1 game.

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The Nigerian winger has been in good form this season for his club Nantes and the Super Eagles of Nigeria, considering his performances at the just concluded African Cup of Nations.

After losing their game against Strasbourg, Moses Simon and his teammates knew that a win would be suitable for them against Reims, and they did themselves lots of good to get it.

Reims were down to 10 men in the 14th minute when Morocco defender Younis Abdelhamid was shown a straight red card.