Nigeria midfielder Mikel Obi will be specially flown in and out of Lagos by the jet of his EPL club Chelsea for the CAF Awards on Thursday. Mikel has been nominated for the prestigious African Footballer of the Year award 2013 alongside Yaya Toure(Manchester City and Cote d'Ivoire) and Didier Drogba(Galatasaray and Cote d'Ivoire).
He specially told MTNFootball.com he plans to fly in and out of Lagos for the awards ceremony by his club's jet all on Thursday.
"I am coming for the CAF awards, I will be flown in and out of Nigeria by the Chelsea jet. I will arrive on the awards day and return immediately after,” Mikel told MTNFootball.com
"It is an honour to be selected and nominated for the award. I am looking forward to winning it for my country."
His brothers Patrick Tochukwu Obi and Ebele Obi, who is a goalkeeper with Nigeria Premier League side Heartland, will accompany him to the event.
Nwankwo Kanu was the last Nigeria star to be named Africa Footballer of the Year by CAF when he won in 1999
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