NBBF Announces 15-player Squad for FIBA U-16 Africa Zone 3 Qualifiers

NBBF Announces 15-player Squad for FIBA U-16 Africa Zone 3 Qualifiers

By Gbenga Gboyega

The Nigeria Basketball Federation has announced their final 15-player squad list of players to feature at the FIBA U-16 Africa Zone 3 Qualifiers billed for Accra, Ghana, this June, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Earlier in the month, a 3-day open national screening exercise was conducted for the U-16 boys by the Nigeria Basketball Federation, with over 100 boys in attendance.

Coach Ogah Odaudu was one of the top basketball coaches saddled with the task of picking the best players for the national cadet team, which eventually produced the final squad list.

Aaron Livingstone, Saleh Haruna, and Nwabude Success, amongst others, cut, with an eye on another Afrcia Basketball Championship finals which the team won once in 2015 while clinching bronze both in 2009 and 2019.

Recall that Col. Sam Ahmedu (Rtd), a board member of the Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF), was re-elected as the President of the Federation of International Basketball Association (FIBA) Africa Zone 3, at the FIBA Africa Congress conducted at the Hotel Polana Serena in Maputo, Mozambique, for a third tenure.

About eight countries - Nigeria, Ghana, Niger, Liberia, Togo, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and the Benin Republic, participated in the elections.

Full U-16 Male Basketball Team:

- Adielle Warship Samuel

- Okebe Umume Devine

- Eric Cheerish Oswe-Oswes-Eni

- Aaron Livingstone

- Jethniel Joseph Killian

- Babatunde Abdulsamad Adesina

- Sambo Abraham Nadabu

- Saleh Haruna

- Iwundu Daniel Chibuzor

- Nwabude Success

- Opara Delight Daberechukwu

- Uvwo Lewis