By Aderonke Ojo
They lost to Ghana in the semi-final but defeated Burkina Faso to clinch bronze.
However, the Eaglets missed out on qualification for the U-17 AFCON and FIFA U-17 World Cup for the third consecutive time.
Recalled that the terrific football of Golden Eaglets of Nigeria has not gone unnoticed after four players in the team were named in the best 11 of WAFU B U17 tournament at the end of group stage by the Technical Study group of the championship.
Captain David Edeh leads the quartet, together with wing dynamite, Boluwatife Thompson, George Agha, the hat- trick hero against Benin Republic and defence marshall, Godwin Menyaga.
Agha won the MVP award in the game against Benin Republic, Thompson repeated same feat in the game against Burkina- Faso.