The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has described some online reports that it banned Super Eagles’ forward Victor Osimhen from the team for his social media outburst in recent days as false.
It may be recalled that Osimhen went on a tirade against the former Super Eagles head coach, Finidi George on social media for allegedly calling his commitment to the national team to question barely after George’s resignation.
NFF General Secretary Mohammed Sanusi, in a statement on Thursday, 19 June expressed shock at the reports especially as the focus of the NFF is to get the Super Eagles on track in the 2025 AFCON and 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, the general secretary said.
He also posited that the federation has neither instructed a process nor has a process been concluded to ban the player from the national team.
“The NFF hereby implores the media to join hands with the body to positively resolve issues and then focus on the big picture all the time, rather than needlessly escalate certain matters. There was no official communication from the NFF, yet some persons have gone to town to talk about a ban on Osimhen from the National Team. This is not good at all,” he said.
“Our focus is to resolve all matters around the Super Eagles and be able to look ahead with confidence to the 2025 AFCON qualifiers and the remaining six matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification series. This is not the time to spread falsehood and foul the public space the more.” Sanusi added.
(SOURCE: News Agency of Nigeria)
