Amos Adamu has criticized the issues between the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Stephen Keshi and Vincent Enyeama.
The former executive committee member of CAF and FIFA, said the controversies were a “distraction” to the national team.
“The problems between the NFF, Keshi and Enyeama are unnecessary distraction. The Eagles are in the midst of a 2017 AFCON qualification campaign and that could be detrimental to the team’s chances,” Adamu stated.
“I don’t think all parties involved should have made big noise about these things. They shouldn’t have been a media thing.
“Firstly, in the case of Enyeama, he said he instantly apologised for the comments he made about the security situation in Kaduna. If Enyeama has apologised for what he said, why serve him a query again. The point is why not forgive him after the apology and move on.
“These players live abroad and its all about the perception that they have about what is happening at home.
“Most parts of northern Nigeria are known to have been ravaged by the insurgents. However, Enyeama shouldn’t have still gone ahead to say Kaduna wasn’t safe after they had played against Chad in the AFCON qualifier and all left peacefully. If someone tells you Maiduguri is unsafe for you and you go there and return safely, won’t you begin to have a rethink about what you’ve been hearing.”
Adamu also spoke about Keshi allegedly applying for the vacant Ivory Coast job – an incident that led to the Big Boss appearing before the NFF’s Technical Committee.
He said: “If another country, and specifically Cote d’ Ivoire, wants Nigeria’s national team coach, it means we have what other countries are looking for. Keshi won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013 as the coach of Nigeria.
“The question is: Did Keshi apply for the national team coaching job of Cote d’ Ivoire before now? Maybe he applied before the NFF reappointed him as Super Eagles chief coach, if not it doesn’t make any sense and it should be condemned.
“It’s a norm for FAs to shortlist coaches for their national teams but if Keshi applied after getting the Super Eagles job, then he’s at fault in this circumstance.”
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