Nigeria’s chief coach Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, is reported to be negotiating his way out of his Super eagles coaching job in faraway Equatorial Guinea. This is in spite of efforts by the Presidency and other top security officials to ensure that he was retained by the Football Federation as the nation’s coach after failing to qualify Nigeria’s Super Eagles to the tournament taking place next in Equatorial Guinea.
According a report in the Nigerian Vanguard, Keshi who failed to qualify Nigeria to the 2015 African Cup of Nations holding in Equatorial Guinea is believed to be lodged at a Hilton Hotel in Malabo where he is negotiating coaching possibility with their Football chiefs.
‘’Keshi is in Malabo and in Hilton Hotel. We’re holding talks to see if he will handle our national team’’, one of the FA officials in Equatorial Guinea said on our hotline yesterday.
But when contacted yesterday, NFF officials were ignorant of the whereabouts of the coach who was paid N14 million by the Sports Minister, Tammy Danagogo for not qualifying Nigeria to the African Cup of Nations which they are reigning champions.
‘’I don’t know where Keshi is. He is an adult and should be anywhere he wants to be’’, an official of the Nigeria Football Federation reacted angrily when called on phone to find out if they knew that the coach was looking for greener pastures.
Another NFF source did not believe that Keshi was negotiating with another country when there was an order from the Presidency as advised by Keshi’s friend that he should remain as coach of the Super Eagles.
Nigeria’s Super Eagles came third in their group behind South Africa and Congo both of whom advanced to the finals of the Nations Cup.
