Arsenal starlet, Alex Iwobi, has been hospitalised after suffering from food poisoning in the Super Eagles camp.
Iwobi felt, 19, felt ill after eating a salad with the rest of the Nigeria team and his father has since visited him in hospital.
He arrived the team’s training camp in Abuja on Sunday evening amidst speculation of a reported interest from the English Football Association to lure him to the Three Lions.
The youngster who was recently rewarded with an improved contract after impressing in his last two games for the Gunners missed training on Tuesday morning.
Nigeria interim coach, Samson Siasia, has confirmed that the former England youth international will be fit to travel.
“Iwobi could not train today (Tuesday) because of food poisoning,” Siasia told CompleteSports.
“He had been purging all night after he ate dinner with his other colleagues in camp. He got prompt medical attention from our doctors and I have just been told that he is okay and ready to go
“The medical team just confirmed to me that he’ll be okay to travel to Kaduna with us and join us in the training in the evening. There is no fear, what happened to him can happen to anybody whether home-based or foreign-based player or an official. No tension, he is okay.”
On whether it is a ploy not to play for the Super Eagles in a competitive match because he is wanted by the English FA, Siasia revealed that Iwobi is committed to his fatherland and no amount of pressure will stop him from earning his third cap.
“I don’t know why there is this talk that England want to snatch him from us, they cannot because he has played twice for Nigeria and the only thing that may stop him from playing, is if he falls sick or he is not fit,” the former Super Nantes striker added.
Meanwhile, 19 other players trained at the Abuja National Stadium in the absence of the Arsenal No 45.
They include skipper Ahmed Musa, Mikel Obi, Carl Ikeme, Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Etim Matthew, Ifeanyi Matthew, Oghenekaro Etebo, Efe Ambrose, Godfrey Oboabona, Orji Kalu and Fenando Adi.
Others are Umar Aminu, Aaron Samuel, Moses Simon, Odion Ighalo, Chibuzor Okonkwo and Kelechi Iheanacho.
Nigeria face the Pharaohs of Egypt in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna, on Friday with the second leg scheduled for Alexandra three days later.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) later confirmed that Iwobi was well and fit for the crucial games in the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying series.
.@NGSuperEagles striker Iwobi suffered from traveler’s flu earlier today, but he’s well & set to play against Egypt pic.twitter.com/qR5Bq9fOtx
— The NFF (@thenff) March 22, 2016
