The First vice-president of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has revealed that the soccer body hit Stephen Keshi’s job with a sledge hammer as they were sure that the former national team captain won’t perform this time around after he signed a fresh two-year deal. “It looked unlikely he would achieve set objectives. We are not very eager to open old wounds because this is a new era where we are about to appoint a new coach for the national team.
We looked at the whole scenario surrounding his appointment with us and we thought that we were not going in the same direction in terms of what we hoped in the short and long term. “As a result, we took the option open to us to terminate his contract and that is the end of it,” Akinwumi said. Akinwunmi a lawyer and also the Chairman of the Lagos State Football Association noted that the federation exploited the provisions of Clause 4.3 of the Employment Contract between Mr. Stephen Keshi and the NFF and the various clauses therein. “We decided to exercise its option to summarily terminate the employment contract of Keshi with the Federation with immediate effect.”
The former Hawks of Togo coach was first appointed as Eagles chief coach in 2011. He went on to win the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 in South Africa and also guided the team to the round of 16 at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Things turned sour when Keshi failed to pick a ticket to the
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