Ikpeba
By Patrick Omorodion
Former African Footballer of the Year, Victor Ikpeba has said his name sake and current Super Eagles leading goal scorer, Victor Osimhen has the potential to topple Rashidi Yekini as all time top scorer for the senior men’s football team.
Ikpeba, now a football pundit expressed his belief in Osimhen after the Galatasaray loanee scored the two goals which saw the Super Eagles break the jinx of beating Rwanda in Kigali last Friday.
Before the Kigali match, Osimhen was tied on 23 goals with Segun Odegbami who was however in second position having played lesser number of games than Osimhen.
With two more goals to his name, the 26-year-old has taken his total haul to 25 goals in 39 appearances. for the Super Eagles.
Ikpeba was full of plaudits for the Edo-born striker who he described as “a fantastic lad and a committed player who gives everything for the country”.
He added that, “by the way he is going, Osimhen will soon eclipse the record of Yekini. We will soon see when he will break this record.”
He is 12 goals from equalling Yekini’s record of 37 goals.
