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From streets to spotlight, Obada 'over the moon' after dream NFL debut

Nigerian-born Obada, a defensive end with the Carolina Panthers, earned an interception and a key sack in his team's victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday to add yet another chapter to what was already a Hollywood-worthy story. "I'm over the moon," Obada said after getting the game ball, via the Panthers' official website. When Obada was 10, he and his sister were trafficked to Britain from the Netherlands and abandoned on London streets when plans to be raised by someone there did not pan out.

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