“My dad actually borrowed the money to pay for my exams,” The Nigerian international said during the interview.
“I went to the person that was supposed to help register me for the exam in the morning, and he was not around. I went there again in the evening, and they told me he still wasn’t around.”
The striker convinced his father that he intends pursue his passion for sport. Later, he registered with the Imperial Soccer Academy with the money intended for his entrance exams.
“It was on my way back from that trip that I got a call from the Imperial Soccer Academy [in Nigeria’s Ogun State] that they wanted me,” he added.
“I went back to my dad and said: ‘I do want to keep on going to school. But my passion is football, so let me use this money to get myself down to the academy.’ “
