The Nigerian Footbal Federation (NFF)
has sacked super Eagles head coach,
stephen Okechukwu Keshi, despite
recording his first win in African Cup of
Nations qualifiers last night.
The sack is contained in a
communique released by the board in
the early hours of Thursday.
The communique also indicated that the
federation is either going to replace
Keshi with Amodu Shuaibu or shop for a
foreign coach for the national team in
the long run.
However, a consortium of coaches will
lead the Super Eagles for ONLY the two
concluding matches of the 2015 Africa
Cup of Nations qualifying series (against
Congo in Brazzaville and against South
Africa in Uyo), after which an expatriate
coach will be appointed.
The consortium, led by Amodu Shaibu,
also has Salisu Yusuf, Gbenga Ogunbote
and Aloysius Agu. The team also has a
new Coordinator in former international
Garba Lawal, while Toyin Ibitoye is the
new Media Officer and Godfirst Chike,
the new Equipment Manager. Team
Secretary, Enebi Achor, is retained.
The NFF thanked Keshi and his
assistants for their services to the
country and promised to pay them all
owed monies within the next fortnight.
The NFF, in recognition of the
coaches’on tribulations to the Nigerian
game, also approved that the trio of
Keshi, Amokachi and Shorounmu should
proceed to any coaching course of their
choice in any country of their choice to
build their capacity.
Super Eagles will travel next month to
face Congo and host South Africa in
Nigeria in the last phase of the
qualifiers, and will need to win both
matches to stand any chance of
qualification for the 2015 AFCON.
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