John Obi Mikel And Victor Moses Nominated For BBC African Player Of The Year

John Obi Mikel, Victor Moses Make 5-Man Shortlist For BBC African Player Of The Year

Our own very John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses have been named in the BBC’s 5-man shortlist for the African Player of the Year.

The other players also nominated are Ivory Coast’s Yaya Toure who’s been making the list for the past 5 years, Burkina Faso’s Jonathan Pitroipa, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon.

The winner will be decided by you African football fans, and you have until 18:00 GMT on 25 November to vote for your choice.

You can vote by sending an SMS from your phone to +44 7786 20 20 08

Text 2 for Victor Moses

Text 3 for John Mikel Obi

Standard international text rates apply, please check with your service provider. Texts are limited to one text per mobile phone number.

The winner will be announced on Monday, 2 December at 17:35 GMT on the BBC’s Focus on Africa radio and television programmes.

No player on this year’s shortlist, drawn up from votes by 44 journalists across Africa, has won the BBC award before and two – Pitroipa and Aubameyang – are the first nominees from their respective countries.

To vote for the other 3,

Text 1 for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Text 4 for Jonathan Pitroipa

Text 5 for Yaya Toure

Anonymous says:
November 12, 2013 at 5:08 am
Kanyi pls erase d short code 4d other 3 we need a naija breed to win its bin a while…I bet a blogger from ivory coast won't even put d short code to vote mikel or moses…lov u n keep d good work goin
Anonymous says:
November 12, 2013 at 5:09 am
Sir Gabby sent in dat concerning short code