Carl Ikeme,
who is the first choice goalkeeper of the Super Eagles on Saturday revealed
that his cancer is in “complete remission.”
Ikeme shared
the news on his Twitter handle, writing; “After a year of intense chemotherapy
I would like to share that I am in complete REMISSION.”
He added, “I
still have hurdles to pass to be cured, but hopefully I can move on with some
normality! I would like to thank everyone for there support over the past year.
Thank you #Grateful”
Ikeme had
been battling leukaemia.
The
32-year-old Wolverhampton Wanderers keeper was the national team’s first-choice
and has been named as an unregistered ’24th member’ of the Nigeria World Cup
squad after he was unable to be chosen because of his cancer treatment.
Ahead of the
Group D game on Friday, Iceland players sent their best wishes to Ikeme, with
Ikeme’s name imprinted on the number 1 jersey of Iceland.
Nigeria won
the game, 2:0, thanks to Ahmed Musa, who scored both goals.
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