Nigeria plan to charter a plane for next month’s AFCON qualifier in Tanzania and will fly out to Dar es Salaam from Abuja on the eve of match day and depart immediately after the game, officials have disclosed.

The 2017 AFCON qualifier has been fixed for Saturday, September 5.

BRAZIL, Curitiba : (From top L) Nigeria’s team midfielder John Obi Mikel, forward Emmanuel Emenike, defender Kenneth Omeruo, defender Godfrey Oboabona and defender Efe Ambrose (from bottom L) forward Victor Moses, goalkeeper and captain Vincent Enyeama, forward Ahmed Musa, midfielder Ogenyi Onazi, midfielder Ramon Azeez and defender Juwon Oshaniwa pose during a Group F football match between Iran and Nigeria at the Baixada Arena in Curitiba at the 2014 FIFA World Cup on June 16, 2014. AFP PHOTO

The Super Eagles will thus fly out on Friday, September 4, and head to Port Harcourt after the match on Saturday.

The team are scheduled to take on next-door neigbours Niger in Port Harcourt in a friendly on September 8.

Nigeria are drawn in the same qualifying group with Egypt and Chad.