Okagbue asked to return to Nigeria

By Daniel Saire FORMER Cranes coach, Nigerian Harrison Okagbue has been asked by his embassy to return home. FUFA sources said yesterday that the Nigerian embassy summoned Okagbue on Friday together with FUFA officials and communicated the message. He is expected to depart this week. Okagbue left Uganda early June after a humiliating 3-0 defeat of the Cranes by Togo at Nakivubo. FUFA disbanded the team and also announced Okagbue’s sacking. His three-year contract expires in November. The embassy that pays his salary promised to remit it to him in Nigeria. FUFA technical director Guenter Zittel has been assigned to rebuild another national team. Zittel has invited 63 youths for a one-week training camp at Lugogo beginning Tuesday from where he would choose a team that will play in the Castle Lager Cup and CECAFA tournament beginning next month. Uganda will open against neighbours Kenya in Arusha on October 24.