Nigeria U-23 coach Samson Siasia has invited Norway-based central defender Sola Akinyemi ahead of next month’s crucial CAF Championship qualifier against Congo.

Siasia’s Dream Team will welcome Congo to Abuja on July 18 in a first leg qualifier for the Olympic qualifier to be staged in Senegal in November.

The 22-year-old Akinyemi has previously tried out with Nigeria U-20 team, the Flying Eagles, prior to the 2013 U-20 World Cup in Turkey. He is expected to shore up the defence of the Olympic team which Siasia has admitted could be a lot better.

Akinyemi is due in the team’s training camp in Abuja later this week.

Siasia has embarked on a massive reorganization of his team a month to the Congo clash with the dropping of seven players and the drafting of several Flying Eagles stars led by Taiwo Awoniyi.