Former Super Eagles and Everton FC Captain, Joseph Yobo gathered Nigeria’s football legends as he officially announced his retirement from football after being capped 100 times for the country and playing top flight football for over a decade. He announced his upcoming testimonial match billed for the Port Harcourt stadium on the 27th of May, 2016 which will attract former Everton and Manchester United manager, David Moyes; Manchester United Forward, Wayne Rooney; Manchester City midfielder, Yaya Toure and three times African Footballer of the year, Didier Drogba among other top footballers.
Present at the announcement were Nigeria greats Jay-Jay Okocha, Nwankwo Kanu, Taribo West, Peter Rufai, Victor Ikpeba, Henry Nwosu, Ifeanyi Udeze, Christian Chukwu, Shaibu Amodu, Augustine Eguavoen and Fanny Amun.