Former Super Eagles star rains prayers for Tinubu's presidential ambition as video goes viral

• Taribo West has been seen praying for former Lagos state governoer Bola Tinubu to become president of Nigeria
• The video which is trending on social media has brought many negative reactions for the former Super Eagles star
• During his active playing days in the Super Eagles, Taribo West played 42 games for Nigeria as a defender

Former Super Eagles defender Taribo West has been spotted on camera praying fervently for former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who is aspiring to become the next president of Nigeria.

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is planning to celebrate his 70th birthday and the likes of Taribo West, Nwankwo Kanu, Okocha and Tijani Babaginda were all invited for novelty match.

While the match will take place on Sunday, March 20th, 2020, the ex-players and the others invited for the game, were at the APC chieftain’s Lagos mansion on Saturday.

And in a video which has been trending on social media, Taribo West who is now a Pastor was spotted praying hardly for Bola Tinubu to become next president of Nigeria.

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See the trending video below

How many games did Taribo West play for the Super Eagles?

Between the year 1994-2005, Taribo West played 42 games for the Super Eagles of Nigeria and was unable to score any goal.

Ghana in trouble as Ighalo scores hat-trick for his club in big win over tough opponents

Earlier, Sports Brief had reported how Odion Ighalo was in the best form of his life for Al Hilal on Friday night, 18 March, as he scored three goals against Al-Ahli in 4-2 win in Saudi Arabian Pro League encounter.

This latest development coming from Odion Ighalo will be a cheering one for Nigerian football fans and Super Eagles coaching crew ahead of the World Cup play-off against Ghana.

The former Manchester United striker has been impressive since he moved to Al Hilal scoring goals for them in all competitions.

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Al Hilal started the match impressively playing in front of their fans as they had to wait until the 11th minute before scoring the first goal through Odion Ighalo.

The Super Eagles striker got his second goal in the 34th minute for Al Hilal and got his hat-trick in the 45th minute which is an incredible record for the former Watford man.