Mascot Recovers Super Eagles Player's Lost Phone

Mascot Recovers Super Eagles Player's Lost Phone 

By Niyi Busari

Well recognised football mascot, Kulu Igbayilola on Thursday night recovered the misplaced phone of Super Eagles defender, Bright Osayi Samuel, BSNSports.com.ng can report.

Bright misplaced his costly phone at the Moshood Abiola Stadium on Wednesday while watching the Nigeria U23 Eagles versus Guinea before their training at 7:00 pm.

Bright Osayi-Samuel is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a wing-back or winger for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Nigeria national team.

When the 25-year old defender discovered that his phone got missing, his team mates joined him in the search but all efforts to get the phone proved abortive. Thinking of vital documents and information in the phone, the Lagos born player had to report the issue to the team officials.

However Kulu Igbayilola, the Super Eagles mascot found the phone under a seat at the VIP.

Speaking with BSN Sports on Thursday morning, Kulu don't know how to get the phone across to the player said he is willing to return the found phone to the Osayi Samuel who came to serve his father land in an African Nations Cup qualifier.

"I found a phone at the VIP of the Moshood Abiola Stadium last night at 8:10pm." Kulu told BSN Sports.

"After picking the phone, I discovered that the phone belong to Osayi Samuel and want to contact the team officials to get the phone across to him but I don't have anyone's contact so I called you so that you can help me tell them."

Bright is one of the foreign players invited by Super Eagles coach, Jose Peseiro for Nigeria versus Guinea Bissau 2023 African Nations Cup qualifier in Abuja on Friday at 5:00 pm.