The war between the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) and the minister of Sports Solomon Dalung seems to have deepened after the sports’ governing body hit back at allegations made by the sports minister that the Nigerian team being stranded in Atlanta was a hoax.
Dalung had in a TV interview on Thursday, alluded to shady deals made by the NFF causing the country’s football team being stranded for several days at their training base in Atlanta, before they finally made their way to the Olympics in Brazil.
“The Atlanta event was quite dirty and some of the actors (involved) cannot stand before Nigeria (to answer to these charges),” Dalung alleged. “The event of Atlanta was another attempt to rip the country off.”
Chairman of the NFF Media and Publicity Committee, Hon. Suleiman Yahaya-Kwande in response to the allegations said that everyone was surprised at the allegations.
He said, “The NFF Board and Management are taken aback by these insinuations. The NFF President has been telling us of meeting between him and the Minister on how to avoid the kind of situation we got into in the USA in the future. So, the Minister’s latest statements are a bombshell.’ Yahaya told theNff.com.