Stephen Keshi Wasn't On The Same Page With His Employers- Seyi Akinwunmi

The Nigeria Football Federation's vice president, Seyi Akinwunmi has disclosed that the federation sacked the former Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi because the two parties were “not on the same page”.

“We (NFF) are not very eager to open old wounds because this is a new era (where we are about to appoint a) new coach (for the national team).

“We looked at the whole scenario surrounding his appointment with us and we thought that we were not going in the same direction in terms of what we hoped in the short and long term.

“As a result, we took the option open to us to terminate his contract and that is the end of it,” Akinwumi said on popular Nigerian magazine programme, Naija Made, on SuperSport TV.

Keshi, became the coach of the nation's senior national team in 2011 and went ahead to win the Afcon title in 2013, 19-years after the country won its second Afcon title in South Africa.

The former Mali and Togo boss was fired on July 4 with an official statement of the NFF noting that the former Nigeria captain flouted several clauses in his contract.

“To this end and pursuant to the provisions of Clause 4.3 of the Employment Contract between Mr. Stephen Keshi and the NFF (the contract) and the various clauses therein, the Nigeria Football Federation has decided to exercise its option to summarily terminate the employment contract of Mr. Stephen Keshi with the Federation with immediate effect,” part of the statement read.

His former national teammate, Sunday Oliseh, is now set to be named Nigeria head coach next week.

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