Taurah Chamisa of FC Platinum celebrates Nigeria’s AFCON victory as a Castle Super Fan

Taurah Chamisa was one of the Castle Superfan chosen to represent his country Zimbabwe at the 29th Edition of the African Cup of Nations Final between Nigeria and Burkina Faso  played at the  National Stadium, Johannesburg on Sunday evening.

Chamisa, a FC Platinum fan was 1 of the 8 winners from Zambia, Swaziland, Ghana and Tanzania that was given an opportunity by Castle Lager to witness Nigeria’s third time crowning as the African Champions.

Sunday Mba scored the only goal of the match just before half  to hand Nigeria the AFCON title– the midfielder volleyed the ball past Mohamed Koffi into the far corner much to the delight of the “Super Eagles” supporters and Taurah Chamisa of Zimbabwe .

“I won an opportunity as a Superfan to support Nigeria as they are the best in Africa, I hope my country is watching  and taking note ,Zimbabwe will be ready in the next tournament.” Added Chamisa

The FC Platinum supporter entered the Castle Super Fan competition after reading about it in one of the local newspaper. “I went to the stadium in my best fan regalia and  thats how I was voted top 2 from 6 other finalists, I am excited to be here and my wishes came through as Nigeria is crowned the African Champions for the third time”. Taura Chamisa expressed his gratitude to Castle Lager for the opportunity.

Chamisa and his fellow Castle Superfans enjoyed performances by D’banj, Kelly Khumalo, Zonke & Thembesile Ntaka, Kenyan vocalist Muthoni and smooth house music group Micasa during the ceremony.

During the action packed final, the Superfans were joined by Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo (popularly known as D’banj, Nigerian superstar who has won several music awards at one of the National Stadium suites.