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The Nigerian football club, Mighty Jets International Jos simply took to Twitter to unveil its new Jerseyâs ahead of the start of the Nigerian National League season â little did it know that the post would get so much traction on the microblogging site.
The club, in unveiling the sport kits, went further to share the profile of its players who were used as models to promote the clubs.
Then, Twitter some users discovered the age of the goalkeeper and raised questions, and then others joined the fray to raise their misgivings about the trueness of the goalkeeperâs age.
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People simply refuse to accept that this goalkeeper was born in 1995 as his club claims
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According to Mighty Jets International Jos Gobum Rotduwe was born in 1995, meaning he is currently 25 years of age but the clubâs Twitter followers have disagreed and accused it of peddling falsehood.
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The clubâs post that has ignited the controversy reads:
Name: Gobum Rotduwe
D.O.B: 13/Sept/1995
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 80KG
Position: Goalkeeper
Nick Name: Rot. D
Jersey No: 1
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People simply refuse to accept that this goalkeeper was born in 1995 as his club claims
Twitter users then jumped onto the post to share their hilarious views.
âIs this not Okawaraji? This guy fought in the Biafran war with my grandfather. Since when did he start playing football?â one user wrote.
Another user said: âI donât understand. Is that 1995 his year of birth or the day he decided to start playing football?â
âAre you people telling me this Papa is 26years. Everything #loriiro,â wrote another.
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