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Super Eagles Supporters Return To Nigeria | PHOTOS

The Super Eagles on Monday arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after securing a 2-1 victory over the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia, in a World Cup qualifying match in Addis Ababa.
The match, played at the Addis Ababa National Stadium on Sunday, saw Emmanuel Emenike scoring twice for the Eagles to silence the hosts, who took the lead in the 57th minute.
The 23-man Super Eagles players arrived in Abuja aboard a chartered Boeing 777 Ethiopian Airliner at exactly 4.30am together with four coaches and eight backroom staff.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the executive committee members of the Nigeria Football Federation, led by its Chairman, Alhaji Aminu Maigari, also arrived with the team.
Some National Assembly members, including the Senate Committee Chairman on Sports, Adamu Gumba, and his House of Representatives counterpart, Godfrey Gaiya, were in the entourage that arrived with the team.

Others were officials of the National Sports Commission, the Nigeria Football and other Sports Supporters Club as well as the management and secretariat staff of the NFA
Media representatives were also in the 263-member Nigerian delegation that made the trip to Ethiopia.
NAN also reports that most of the foreign-based players connected flights immediately back to their bases in Europe, in preparation for this weekend’s matches in various European league

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