Nigeria coach Austin Eguavoen handed over the captain’s armband to the AC Parma midfielder at the team’s camping base in Casablanca.

The 20-year old m

Nwankwo

idfielder replaces Haruna Lukman, who is unavailable for the tournament following the failure of his Ukrainian club to release him.

Nwankwo was a member of the Flying Eagles (Nigeria U-20) that participate at the FIFA U-20 tournament in Colombia earlier this year.

The Dream Team V will be seeking for one of the three automatic slots at the final phase of the continental qualifier for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Nigeria are housed in Group A alongside hosts Morocco, Algeria and Senegal. Three teams will qualify automatically for the Olympics from the African championship, while the fourth team will battle it out with a team from Asia in the play-off.

Nigeria lost 0-1 to Argentina in the final of the edition in Beijing in 2008.