Keshi
Torchlight of
Nigerian football’ Iyke Igbokwe has alleged that Stephen Keshi was
sabotaged by his employers not to qualify for next year’s AFCON.
On Wednesday, defending champions
Nigeria sensationally failed to qualify for the 2015 AFCON in Equatorial
Guinea after they could only draw 2-2 with group leaders South Africa
in Uyo.
Igbokwe, who contested the recent NFF
executive committee polls and has since appealed against the conduct of
the elections, said it was planned from the onset for Keshi to fail.
“The NFF board saddled to oversee the
game are to blame for this failure because we all know there is no love
lost between Keshi and the board of the Nigeria Football Federation
(NFF),” he argued.
“The NFF board sacked Keshi, but the
presidency in its wisdom reinstated the coach because he started the
qualifiers and with two matches to go, he should finish it.
“His replacement would have had a ready-made excuse had he being failed to qualify.
“Also, the team’s morale was low. Their
daily allowances in Congo were not paid, but instead the NFF took 100
journeymen on a chartered plane to Congo for sightseeing paid for by tax
payers.
No NFF board member was there to visit the team before the match this has never been done in the history
“The animosity between employer and employee played out in full glare in Uyo.
“This is certainly not a proper way to run football in Nigeria.”
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