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AWCON Qualifier: More expected as Twenty battle ready Falcons lit camp for the Lady Elephants

The numbers keep increasing as new players trickled into Super Falcons of Nigeria camp during Dinner last night.

The Media Officer of the Super Falcons of Nigeria in a release mentioned that the number of players in camp has increased to 20 players as 6 players joined the existing 14 on Friday.

With the addition of the players that joined camp on Friday, the team comprise of 20 in number as 6 Super Falcons lighted the camp.

Onome Ebi who just joined Atasehir Belediyespor in Turkey.

Esther Okoronkwo who had played for Lamar College USA for years and plays professionally now in France (St Entienne)

Yetunde Aluko and Peace Effih also joined the team from their base in Israel.

Rivers Angels duo of Tosin Dimehin (Falconets Captain) and Rofiat Imuran are also present in camp after helping the Nigerian Under 20 ladies to triumph over the young Lionesses of Cameroon.

Regina Otu who plays for Mainz in Belarus,
smarting with good club form profiling 8 goals last season is also in camp. She is optimistic that the Super Falcons will be victorious against the lady Elephants of Cote’voire.

Nicole Payne plays for West Virginia University. She came in from the Unites State of America (USA).
Nicole whose elder sister Toni also a Super Falcons player says the team will fight and get victory in both games against Cote’voire.

In all, 7 foreign based and 13 NWFL Premiership players are in camp.

Players in Camp
*Joy Duru
*Vivian Ikechukwu
*Amanda Mbadim
*Miracle Joseph
*Gift Monday
*Amarachi Okoronkwo
*Christy Ohiaeriaku
*Grace Igboamalu
*Akudo Ogbonna
*Juliet Bassey
*Ayomide Ojo
*Onome Ebi
*Tosin Demehin
*Nicole Payne
*Regina Otu
*Yetunde Aluko
*Esther Okoronkwo
*Peace Effih
*Rofiat Imuran
*Yewande Balogun

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Oluchi Tobe-Chukwu

Oluchi Tobe-Chukwu popularly known as tobex is the Vice chairman of Sports writers Association of Nigeria , lagos Chapter. She Is also the Media Spokesperson of the Super Falcons of Nigeria. She is an award winning women's football writer. Tobex is also an ex footballer that was privileged to play in the first NFF organised women's league in 1990 as a player of Hamza Queens. Her last club as an active footballer was Ibom Angels as She paved way to further her education years ago. She is a Federal Government scholar , with a degree in Mass communication, a second degree in Public Relations and Advertising (Communication Studies). She is a Wife and Mother.

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