The super eagles of Nigeria defeated Guinea-Bissau with 1-0 win on Monday clinching their place in the last 16 of the Africa Cup of Nations.
Sangante emphatically turned a Moses Simon cross into his own net in the 36th minute, after feeling compelled to intervene with Victor Osimhen lurking behind him.
The Super Eagles qualified in second place in Group A with seven points behind Equatorial Guinea whose 4-0 destruction of hosts Ivory Coast leaves them with a far better goal difference.
Jose Peseiro’s team will now stay in Abidjan for a last-16 tie on Saturday at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium against the runners-up in Group C, which could be Senegal, Guinea or Cameroon.
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