The city of Port Harcourt was agog when football legends and stars
turned up en masse for a testimonial football match in honour of former
Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo.
Football lovers in the garden city gathered to watch some of their favourite African
footballers turn up for Nigeria's most capped player. Joseph Yobo hold an unbeatable 101 caps for the Super Eagles.
The match which was between Team Nigeria and Team World was organized by the Joseph Yobo Foundation in conjunction with the Rivers State Government.
The match ended with Team Nigeria defeating Team World on a 5-4 goal line with Emmanuel Emenike scoring a hat trick.
Popular Nollywood Actor, Osita Iheme, popularly known as ''Pawpaw'' also featured in the match and had one goal to his credit for Team World.
Some of the players who turned up include, Samuel Eto Fils, Sule Muntari, and other African stars. David Moyes was also present to grace the occasion.
Former Nigerian internationals, Mutiu Adepoju, Nwankwo Kanu, Austin Jay
Jay Okocha, Vincent Eyeanma, Uche Okechukwu, Danny Shittu and others
were also on ground to support the former Super Eagles captain who had
professional football stints with Everton, Fernabache, Norwich, amongst
others.
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