The black material around his waist, secured with a white rope, was visible when the goalkeeper was playing against the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
Netizens speculated that the substance could be a voodoo (juju) which aided their victory in the AFCON finals.
Check out some reactions below
Keny David said: “Make everybody carry him own JuJu for Body … The person way get the strongest JuJu wins”
Mr Ok noted: “I’m not surprised at all”
Balogun Shola asserted: “The same thing happened to us against Ghana 🇬🇭 during WC qualifier”
CHILD OF GRACE wrote: “Wait wait, is that real. Him tie juju for back”
Ogene Afrika penned: “African mentality..they went extreme”
GIFTED wrote: “That’s isn’t the Ivorian Oga ..check the name …the Ivorian goalkeeper’s name is Y.FOFANA …Nigeria played rubbish”
Princewhite_chi said: “Small AFCON like this Una don Dey use juju, so Wetin Una go come use for World Cup 🤷♂️😂”
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