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Bayer Leverkusen forward Victor Boniface has undergone successful surgery on a groin injury, the Bundesliga leaders said on Wednesday. Leverkusen said that the Nigeria player went under the knife in Berlin and would return to the club later in the week for rehabilitation. The club said on Tuesday he will “probably be able to return to the Bayer 04 squad at the beginning of April” from the injury he suffered during national team training in Dubai for the Africa Cup of Nations in Qatar. Boniface misses the continental tournament with four-time winners Nigeria, and many games with Leverkusen, inc…