Nigeria are to play play Argentina, Spain, Brazil, Lithuania, and a yet to be identified country in the basketball event of the Olympics but without their influential captain, Oyedeji.

The D’Tigers’ most capped player says that they are more pressing issues from the family that he has to attend to.

In the capacity of the international Olympics Committee Programme, he will fly in to join his teammates when he is done with his family issues.

D’Tigers secured qualification to the basketball event of the Olympic Games by winning the 2015 AfroBasket.

They stunned Angola 74-65 for their maiden AfroBasket crown in December 2015.

The main players of the squad include Chamberlain Oguchi who finished as Most Valuable Player at the 2015 AfroBasket in Tunisia, Olaseni Lawal, Al-Farouq Aminu, Ben Uzoh and Andy Ogide.

D’Tigers go into the Olympics as at the best national basketball teams in the FIBA Africa zone, along with Angola and Senegal. Nigeria is ranked 24th in the FIBA World Rankings.

This is only the second time they would be playing the Olympic Games. Their first participation was in the 2012 games in London.