face-off which occurred between him and the team’s coach,
Sunday Oliseh, at their Hotel Verviers camp on Tuesday.
The Lille goalkeeper was stripped of his captaincy on Tuesday
after his arrival in camp for the Eagles’ two friendly matches
against DR Congo and Cameroon on October 8 and 11.
The captaincy was then handed to CSKA Moscow forward,
Ahmed Musa, and efforts by Enyeama to explain himself were
reportedly rebuffed by Oliseh, who refused to listen to him,
saying he should leave the room for the team or the team would
leave for him. The coach called on security officials to eject
Enyeama from the camp before some officials of the Nigeria
Football Federation waded in to calm the situation.
Enyeama on Wednesday took to Instagram to explain his side of
the story, lamenting the treatment meted out to him by the
coach.
He wrote, “After 13 years of national service, having this smiles
on my face and this passion in my heart, through the billows, the
waves of the ocean, the tears of defeat, the sound of rejoicing
from victory chants.
“Now the thought of being stripped naked and security agents
throwing me out breaks me completely. I will take anything but
not insults to my dead mother.”
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Football Federation has assured that
peace has returned to the team’s camp after Tuesday’s
disagreement.
NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, said on Wednesday, “I’m happy
there is absolute peace in the camp and the players and
coaches are thinking of nothing other than the two matches
against DR Congo and Cameroon.”
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