Kano Pillars will leave Nigeria for South Sudan ahead of their first leg meeting with
[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”10″]Al-Malakia in the preliminary round billed for Saturday, February 14. The Nigerian champions finished third with seven points at Super Four tournament held in Abuja before their one-week training tour to Ghana.
The Nigerian representatives recorded a 2-2 draw against Accra Hearts of Oak on Thursday and two days later defeated Ghana U-23 national team 1-0 in their two friendly games.
Vice chairman of Kano Pillars’ continental committee Ibrahim Galadima, said that the camping in Kaduna, logistics and training tour were geared toward get the team well-prepared.
“They came back on Monday and stayed in Kaduna for two days after returning from the training tour to Ghana. They were camped in Kaduna before they went for the Super Four tournament in Abuja. They will leave Kaduna for Kano en-route Juba on Wednesday. They will leave for Juba on Wednesday night. All this is been packaged for the team to get them focused and not to be distracted,” Galadima told Goal.
Okey Emordi’s men will hope to reverse their awful trend in previous two continental campaigns this time when they get started against the 2014 South Sudan Federation Cup winners this weekend in Juba.