Senator Shehu Sani urges Nigerians to support Ghana to FIFA World Cup glory

Former Nigeria lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has urged Nigerians to forget about how Ghana snatched the ticket from Super Eagles and support the four-time African champions at the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

Ghana edged Nigeria on away goal rule to join other four African countries in the 32-nation global showpiece in Qatar.

After a 0-0 draw in Ghana, Super Eagles could not beat their Ghanaian counterparts in Abuja as the second leg of the last round ended 1-1 at the Moshood Abiola Stadium earlier in March this year.

And the Kaduna-born lawmaker has appealed to Nigerians to accept their fate and rally round the Black Stars as the World Cup kicked off on Sunday.

He wrote, “Nigerians should support Ghana to win. I know it’s difficult to do so. They didn’t deny us the chance of going to Qatar.

“They simply assembled their best players and played better. I don’t know if the ones who played for us were our best. #FIFAWorldCup.”

Ghana will face Portugal, Uruguay and South Korea in group H and they will open their campaign on Thursday against the Portuguese side which trashed Nigeria 4-0 in a recent friendly match.