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Iwobi can help Nigeria to AFCON glory, says Omeruo

Kenneth Omeruo believes that Nigeria's young side should be aiming to win the Africa Cup of Nations and has picked out Arsenal's Alex Iwobi as one of the men to fire them to glory.

Nigeria's last success came in 2013, in a tournament where Omeruo made his competitive debut for the Super Eagles, but subsequently failed to qualify for both the 2015 and 2017 editions.

Manager Gernot Rohr has got Nigeria to the AFCON once again in 2019 though, after narrowly missing out on qualifying from the World Cup group in 2018, and Omeruo thinks that Iwobi will be peaking like the rest of his team come the tournament and feels that Nigeria should aim for the top prize.