Ekong celebrates Saudi’s national day

Super Eagles skipper William Troost-Ekong on Monday joined millions of citizens to celebrate the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia national day. 

The Al-Kholood of Saudi Arabia new buy expressed his best wishes via his official X handle. 

The defence ace cladded in Saudi Arabia traditional attire wrote; “Happy Saudi national day.”

Checks revealed that National Day is significant as it was the day to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia was established with Arabic as its national language and the Quran as its constitution.

Ekong, who led Nigeria to silver medal win at AFCON 2025, was adjudged the Most Valuable Player of the tournament with a total  of five goals which is the highest number of goals scored by a defender in history.