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Super Eagles supporters clubs have refuted a report that they requested permission from the Russian authorities  to bring along live chickens while attending the team’s matches during the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

The refutal was made by both  the Nigerian Football Supporters Club (NFSC) and Nigerian Eagles Supporters Club (NESC), in interviews with According to KweseESPN.

“That is ridiculous,” NFSC president Rafiu Ladipo said.

“I have been leading this group for decades, and we have never carried a live chicken into any stadium. The only things we carry are our musical instruments and we pray. Prayer is the only charm we have. Why should we need a chicken? Maybe someone just wants to deceive them [the Russians].”

 

Last week, news reports quoted Andrei Ermak, Kaliningrad minister of culture of denying permission to the Eagles supporters to bring live chickens into the stadium, where Eagles was eventually beaten by Croatia.

“Our information centre MCH-2018 receives a lot of various questions: fans from Nigeria asked if it’s possible to go to the stadium with a chicken, it’s their symbol, the chickens are seen with them at all matches.

“We told them that it’s by no means possible to come with a live chicken,”  Ermak, told Russia’s Interfax news agency.

“If the Nigerians are rooting for their team in other places, we will of course advise them where the chicken can be bought,” he added.

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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