One of Nigeria's
footballers sent back to Nigeria from Rio de Janeiro after they were told by
Nigerian Football officials that their feeding and living expenses can no
longer be catered, has lamented how they were thrown out of the team’s hotel
and had to spend their own money to pay for the two nights they spent in Brazil
before coming back to Nigeria.
The Nigerian Football
Federation ordered two alternate players Stanley Dimgba and Yusuf Mohammed as
well as several unnecessary officials to head back to Nigeria as they could no
longer be catered for, and one of the players who prefers to remain anonymous
has now cried out.
“God will fight my
fight for me. It was heart-breaking when we were told to quit the team’s hotel
in Sao Paulo,” said the player to AfricanFootball.
“When we returned to
Sao Paulo (from Salvador) they gave
rooms to only the 18 players registered for the competition and even some team
officials did not get hotel rooms too. For the two extra nights we spent in
Brazil, we had to pay with our own money for our hotel and feeding. That is
life for you.”
“Yes, it is true that
the curator, media officer as well as the two alternative players have been
asked to go back to Nigeria.
The ministry can only take care of 18 players and
seven officials. The ministry cannot afford to be paying for extra rooms, feeding,
allowances out of the 25 people that are supposed to make up the team to the
Olympics. The aforementioned people have already left the team’s hotel and are
no longer with us,” According to a top NFF Official who spoke to The cable.
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