Paternal uncle of Black  Stars captain Andre Dede Ayew says that his nephew will continue to wear the armband as captain of the senior national team so long as he continues to perform and show his leadership qualities.

According to Solar Ayew, only the President of the state, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo can strip his nephew off the Black Stars captaincy.

He made this known while speaking to Kumasi based Light FM where he averred that the absence of his nephew in Ghana's first leg clash against Nigeria in the World Cup qualifier will be problematic.

"It's a privilege and honour to captain your national team and per the performance and leadership qualities of Dede Ayew it will take only the president of the land his Excellency Nana Addo Dankwah to strip off the captaincy from Dede Ayew and his absence in the World Cup qualifier against Nigeria will be difficult for Ghana to beat Nigeria" he said.

Andre Ayew was shown a red card in Ghana's 3-2 defeat to Comoros in the last group match of AFCON and will miss the first leg clash against Nigeria.