It’s December 2020 and the Golden Eaglets are preparing for the West African Football Union’s B qualifier. The qualifer was scheduled to take place the next month in January 2021 in Benin Republic. The Golden eaglets are Nigeria’s National under 17 football or soccer team.

There were 60 boys on the team. The entire team of 60 boys and coaches and support staff moved to their hotel rooms in Abuja. And they started to undergo training for the qualifiers. There were three weeks left to the qualifiers.

And With only three weeks to go, the Nigerian Golden Eaglets went from a team of 60 players down to 20.

Anthonieta and John are here to explain what happened.

This episode was produced by Anthonieta Kalunta, John Iwodi, Dominic Tabakaji, and Sam Tabakaji.

Executive producer Rahmat Muhammad.

Special thanks to Rabia Hadejia, Alexandra Gekpe, Richard Anyebe, Stanley Bentu, Aredi Isha and Mala Iwa Gbado Ikaleku.

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