Nwankwo Kanu

Nwankwo Kanu (wey dem bon for 1 August 1976) na Naija futbola wey don ritaya. E dey play for front to sko gol. E play for Naija tim Iwuanyanwu Nationale, for Ajax (Holland), Inter Milan (Italy), and for England, e play for Arsenal, West Bromwich Albion, and Portsmouth. E stil play for Naija nashonal tim.

Tins wey e tok

Mai Naija pipul, I go tok am again, I no bi politishan, I bi futbola. Enibodi wey dey tok say I tel una to go vote for dis pesin abi dat pesin, na lai. Dem jos dey spred fake news. Mai nem na Kanu ‘Papilo’ Nwankwo, and evribodi sabi say na fubol I kari for hed ol mai laif.
- 2023: Kanu denies endorsing any candidate. Premium Times (Nigeria), 28 January 2023.

E dey veri impotant mek pesin hapi for wetin e dey du. Mi, I hapi wel-wel bikos to help sev pesin laif swit mi pas to win kop. To win kop gud, bot to help pesin wey fit kpai, giv am hope to liv, e min plenti to mi.
- Nwankwo Kanu: ‘Trophies are good but saving somebody who could die, giving them hope of life, it means a lot to me’. Independent, 6 August 2018.

I laik to stay on mai own. If yu si mi kom autsaid, e min say di tin rili impotant. Na wai yu no dey si mi evriwie, espeshali for pati or big event. No bi evri ples Papilo dey waka go, na mai chois laik dat.
- Why I plait my hair –Kanu. The Punch(Nigeria), 23 April 2016.