The recent show of support for Victor Osimhen after his public verbal attack on former Super Eagles coach Finidi George has proven that the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is weak in ensuring discipline in the senior national team of Nigeria, OwnGoalNigeria.comreports.
Osimhen went on a full verbal assault on the former Super Eagles star winger on his page on Instagram following reports that the coach questioned his commitment to the team owing to his absence in their 1-1 draw against South Africa and 1-2 defeat to Benin Republic in the world cup qualifiers.
His ranting opened the door for reports on a possible ban from the team with some influential members of the board of the NFF open to the idea, but not to those who should push it as seen in the statement released by Dr . Mohammed Sanusi the General Secretary of the body.
The statement which was approved by the president Ibrahim Musa Gusau before it was made public protected the current Africa player of the year, but in the process also threw more dirt and disrespect to Finidi who was openly disrespected by Osimhen.
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Annoyingly the NFF skipped the entire episode that led to the reports of a possible ban, but rather discredit the reports of a possible ban which is the right step any organization would have done but not the NFF under Gusau.
More worrisome is the fact that it is not the first time that Osimhen has been guilty of misconduct in the Super Eagles setup. His fight with Leon Balogun in training during the 2019 AFCON as told by former teammate John Ogu comes to mind plus his recent alterations with Francis Uzoho at their pre AFCON camp in Dubai is still very fresh.
Other players are seeing and watching this dance of shame by the NFF and whoever that will come in as coach will also see that he is inheriting a team that is already divided among itself, no thanks to the open show of favoritism by the NFF.
Where silence would have been golden, the NFF have spoken and now the big question is why is Gusua scared of the Napoli man?
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
