Vice chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation’s Disciplinary Committee, Barrister Iyke Igbokwe has stated Stephen Keshi should be sacked if ongoing investigations prove he actually applied for the job of the Ivorian national team.
The Super Eagles Coach was listed among 60 applicants for the vacant Les Éléphants position according to reports from Abidjan though the 53-year-old had repeatedly denied the allegations.
Barrister Igbokwe insists Keshi’s action would have amounted to a breach of trust, an insult to the Nigeria and hence the agreement between Keshi and the Federation should be mutually terminated.
” If he applied for the Ivory Coast job then the element of trust is gone. You can’t apply for an Ivorian job in the middle of a nations Cup qualifying run. I would advice the NFF to sack him because this is an insult on the Nation,” he told www.footballlive.ng
Nigeria suffered the ignominy of failing to qualifying for the 2015 Afcon with 3 points to play for against Bafana Bafana.
Keshi resumed his job after a new contract was offered him by the Federation and got the qualification series off on a winning note but Igbokwe says Nigeria can do without Keshi or his Captain.
Vincent Enyeama was summoned by the NFF for ‘unguarded comments’ made before the Afcon qualifier in Kaduna.
Igbokwe thus argued the Team can move on demanding discipline must be enshrined in the system.
” Without Keshi or Enyeama Nigeria football will move on but we must instill discipline in the football system that is key, after all before Vincent there was Ike Shorunmu, Peter Rufai, Best Ogedengbe and there was even Emmanuel Okpala.”
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