As the zero hour approaches for the must win double header AFCON qualifier against the Pharaohs of Egypt on March 23, Sports Vanguard can reveal the real reasons why coach Sunday Oliseh may continue to tinker the Eagles from his base in Belgium.
After contracting a virus in one of his official assignments, camp sources informed that the former Juventus player has alleged occultist manipulations by his enemies on his life and has vowed to flee far from the country to where they could not fly to attack him.
“He is always scared in camp and suspicious of even members of his back room staff”, a close source to the team informed.
The source said that the outspoken coach allegedly confronted his staff and warned them that there were many witches and wizards who were trying to undermine the success of the Eagles.
“He warned those fond of putting their hands in their pockets before shaking him to desist or keep their handshakes as he feared they touch objects concealed in their pockets before offering to shake him”, the source said.
Also, the coach alleged that many of the people surrounding him did not believe in the success of the team as he claimed that they would not rejoice when the Eagles scored goals.
Beyond the trivial accusations of witches and wizards, Sports Vanguard also gathered that the coach had written to the federation to pay his outstanding N10 million accommodation fee as agreed in his contract(N5 million for 2015 and another N5 million for 2016) if they want him to reside in Nigeria as he said he would not stay in the hotels when the Super Eagles are not in camp.
It was also learnt that Oliseh penned his disapproval to the NFF for imposing the use of Ahmadu Bello Stadium on him contrary to his contract that stipulates consultation with him over the choice of match venues.
But a source from the football house disagreed over Oliseh’s choice of words in describing playing at Kaduna as “playing away on home soil.
“I’ve never seen or heard where playing in Nigeria is termed as playing away. That is provocative. He is only looking for excuses”, the source said.
The source reminded the former skipper of the Super Eagles that Kaduna was picked as venue for the Egypt match after the 2 – 0 home win against Chad in June 2015, a month before Oliseh was picked to succeed Stephen Keshi.
Kaduna is gradually becoming a hotbed of controversy following Vincent Enyeama’s harsh words basically over security issues.
The highest capped Super Eagles goalie was condemned by many. It did not take long before he fell out with Oliseh and called time on his international career.
