The Flying Eagles have refused to
leave their hotel in Poland over the non-payment of their allowances by the
Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
The Nigerian team had crashed out
of the Fifa U-20 World Cup tournament in Lodz on Monday.
Success Makanjuola’s 50th minute
goal only appeared to be a consolation after Amadou Sagna and Niane, fellow
African flagbearers from Senegal, had shot two goals up before half time in the
round of 16.
Although, the players were
expected to leave the hotel by 3am on Tuesday, they did not budge.
TheCable reports that a change in
flight time was made for the team by the world football ruling body to 12pm,
but the players are still adamant.
An insider, who pleaded not to be
mentioned revealed that the players are insisting that they must be paid
their winnings, draw bonuses and allowances before leaving for the airport.
Pleas made by Nigeria’s football
officials including Pinnick Amaju, NFF president, were not successful.
Fifa’s deadline for eliminated
teams to vacate their hotels has since expired, meaning that the team could be
thrown out soon.
It was also gathered that Polish
police have already beefed up security perhaps it becomes necessary to eject
the Nigerian team out of the hotel.
At the time of filing this
report, Andrew Randa, media officer, was not available for comments.
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The NFF is shameless as usual
ReplyDeleteThe moment the leave and land in Nigeria, the boys know its bye-bye to their allowances