Vincent Aboubakar’s penalty in the 75th minute was enough to prevent Nigeria being able to wrap up qualification this week, it was not enough to keep Cameroon’s own hopes of top spot alive.
The Super Eagles dropped the pace substantially in the second half and paid for it, as the hosts’ presence in their neighbours’ half greatly improved.
Zambia will be able to cut the gap to the leaders tomorrow if they are able to defeat Algeria but Nigeria remain firmly in control.
Nigeria took the lead through Moses Simon in the 30th minute.
Nigeria lead the group with 10 points, followed by Zambia on four points. Cameroon boost of three points while Algeria have only one point from three matches.
