{"id":11392,"date":"2019-06-11T14:09:53","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=11392"},"modified":"2019-06-11T14:09:53","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:09:53","slug":"2019-africa-cup-of-nations-we-are-not-going-to-egypt-to-read-the-bible-nigeria-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/2019-africa-cup-of-nations-we-are-not-going-to-egypt-to-read-the-bible-nigeria-defender","title":{"rendered":"2019 Africa Cup of Nations: We are not going to Egypt to read the Bible- Nigeria defender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria defender John Ogu insists the Super Eagles are poised on winning the country\u2019s fourth AFCON title in Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Ogu, who was named in coached Gernot Rohr\u2019s final 23-man squad believes the team is travelling to Egypt with the objective of winning the title.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt is blessed with several tourist sites from both ancient and biblical history but the Hapoel Be\u2019er Sheeva player says they are not going to the North Africa country to \u201cread the Bible\u201d but to play football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIt\u2019s a collective thing, the whole players are looking to the AFCON. It\u2019s a very big task. Personally, I\u2019m looking forward to this challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201dEvery Nigerian is expecting us to go and win the AFCON for the fourth time and we ( players) are confident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201dHowever, we will take every game as they come. We\u2019ll go to Egypt and try as much as possible to make our country proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201dYes, but we\u2019re not going to Egypt to read the Bible but play football. However, it will be fun to see some historical places we read about in the Bible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria defender John Ogu insists the Super Eagles are poised on winning the country\u2019s fourth AFCON title in Egypt. Ogu, who was named in coached Gernot Rohr\u2019s final 23-man squad believes the team is travelling to Egypt with the objective of winning the title. 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