Victor Osimhen’s Father’s Burial Put On Hold Over COVID-19 Quarantine Issue

Lille striker, Victor Osimhen, has been quarantined at an isolation centre in Lagos State.

Osimhen arrived from France on Monday alongside Paul Onuachu and two other foreign-based Nigerian players whose name could not be confirmed.

The Super Eagles striker came into Nigeria via a chartered flight arranged by his club to attend the burial of his father, Patrick, who died on Saturday.

Osimhen touched down at the private wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 4:15pm.

Shortly after arrival, the Ligue 1 player was moved to one of the isolation centres in the state based on the COVID-19 protocols as put in place by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

Any returnee into the country is expected to spend 14 days in isolation, during which tests would be carried out on them.

Onuachu and the other two foreign-based players are with Osimhen at the isolation centre.