Golden Eaglets Head Coach Emmanuel Amuneke has dropped five players from a list of 35 as Nigeria U17s intensify their preparation towards their forthcoming African Championship qualifier against Gabon in September.
Amuneke read the riot act having declared that there was no room for complacency even though his side remarkably dispatched Congo Democratic Republic on a 5-0 aggregate early this month to edge closer to qualifying for the 2015 African U-17 Championship to be held in Niger.
"The party is over and it is about time we forget about what we had done recently," Amuneke told the players.
"But it is unfortunate that some have not really measured up to the standard we expected.
"We must now focus our attention squarely on Gabon because it would be their desire to qualify for the Under-17 Championship in Niger," he said.
The five who were given the marching order includes Ebije Yahaya, Prince Omosowhofa, Chinedu Madueke, Kingsley Ohiri and Kabiru Muhammed and all have since left the team's camp in Calabar.
According to the coaching crew, the players sent packing have significantly dropped in form and have contributed little to the fortune of the team in recent time.
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