Nigeria’s President-elect, Tinubu congratulates Osimhen on winning Serie A title
Nigeria’s President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Victor Osimhen on winning the Serie A title with Napoli.
Napoli won the Scudetto after 33 years of waiting last Thursday with their 1-1 draw against Udinese.
Victor Osimhen will be remembered as the hero of Napoli as he scored in the 52nd minute of the game to cap up his memorable season for the Partenopei and had them crowned Champions in style with five games left to play.
The 24-year-old has so far scored 22 goals and provided four assists in 27 league games this season.
Tinubu in a tweet on Sunday hailed the Super Eagles striker for his exploits which has ultimately handed his team their third Serie A title in history.
I think we can all agree that there was another coronation in Italy where our son, Victor Osimhen, claimed the crown as the new King of Serie A! The real deal, or idán gangan as younger folks may describe him; Victor has continued the fine tradition of Nigeria’s footballing… pic.twitter.com/wWGxmpaEHG
— Bola Ahmed Tinubu (@officialABAT) May 7, 2023
Obafemi Martins was the first Nigerian to achieve the feat with Inter Milan in the 2005/06 season.
More historical, Osimhen is now in contention to become the first African to win the Golden Boot in the Italian top-flight as he now holds the record for the most goals in a Serie A season by an African player after erasing Samuel Eto’o’s old mark.
The 24-year old is also now the joint highest African goalscorer ever in Serie A (46 goals)- a record he shares with former AC Milan forward George Weah, who is also now the president of Liberia.
