The quartet of William Troost-EKong, Moses Simon, Ola Aina and Frank Onyeka were all excused from the Super Eagles’ recovery session on Tuesday night.
The move, NEWSUNPLUG learnt, was to allow the players to relax their muscles following Sunday’s 1-1 draw with Nzalang Nacional of Equatorial Guinea.
The Super Eagles will begin full preparation for their upcoming clash against hosts Cote d’Ivoire at the Ecole Nationale de la Police on Tuesday (today).
Head coach, Jose Peseiro now has the full complement of all 25 players at his disposal.
The training will be behind closed doors with no media access.
Nigeria will take on the Elephants of Cote at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Ebimpe, Abidjan on Thursday.