Bayelsa United goalkeeper Kazeem Yekeen has said he cannot be part of the Nigeria U-23 team because he is over the age.

Yekeen, who was part of the Nigeria U20 team to the 2011 FIFA U20 World Cup, said he was disappointed not to honour a training camp by the Olympic team.

Yekeen

“I was happy to be invited to national team once again after I had played for the U20s, but I decided not to go to camp because I know I am over the age. I was born November 1, 1992,” he revealed.

“It would have be an opportunity for me to be in the spotlight again but I need not to report to camp, raise my hope and that of the coach and at the end of the day be dropped. That did not make sense to me.”

Only players born after January 1, 1993, are eligible for the Olympic team. Dolphins FC forward Emem Eduok was dropped from the team after several discrepancies were discovered over his age, according to a tweet by the team’s media officer Timi Ebikagboro.

Different sources put different date of birth for the striker as January 31, 1994, and August 31, 1994.