Following Nigeria’s 2-2 draw with South Africa in Uyo on Wednesday which subsequently ruled them out of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, sl10.ng can exclusively reveal that the players and officials were not given their match bonuses.
The Super Eagles usually earn $10,000 for a win and $5,000 for a draw, with Coach Stephen Keshi earning 100% of that but reliable sources inside the Eagles camp have informed sl10.ng that none of the players nor officials received a dime for the match.
The draw against the Bafana Bafana meant Congo finished second in group A with ten points after beating Sudan 1-0 in Khartoum, while DR Congo claimed the third best placed spot with nine points in a group that also had Cameroon and Ivory Coast.
And sl10.ng understands that it is because of Nigeria’s failure to qualify, that the NFF hierarchy decided against paying the match bonuses to the team.
It now means the Super Eagles will not defend their title for the second time, after they were stopped from participating at the 1996 AFCON by then head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha after Nigeria had won it in Tunisia in 1994.
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