The President of the Nigeria Football federation (NFF) Melvin Amaju Pinnick has debunked claims in some quarters that Super Eagles chief coach Sunday Oliseh has resigned from the plum job.
Pinnick described the rumour that Oliseh resigned from the job hence his hurried movement out of the Eagles’ camp in Port Harcourt as another lie from the pit hell, “How? Not true.”
The issue revealed that Oliseh has been in constant touch with his assistants in the team’s camp in Port Harcourt sharing notes and telling them what to do in their training sessions in his absence.
Meanwhile, Oliseh has arrived in Belgium safely to commence immediate treatment for the flu infection he contracted.
Oliseh has been placed on two weeks of compulsory rest after taking ill in camp during preparations for the second leg African Nations Championship qualifier against Burkina Faso.
Oliseh suddenly started feeling dizzy in Port Harcourt and had to be excused from camp and allowed to travel to Belgium on the advice of the team medics.
Intensive tests were carried out on him at the Mediapark Klinic, Cologne (Germany) where doctors placed him on compulsory rest.
The Super Eagles handler said that he is overwhelmed by the messages of support, well wishes and prayers he has been receiving from Nigerians.
“I have been so touched and much moved, almost to tears by the prayers and good wishes I have been receiving from Nigerians. I want to thank them so much for the love and support.
“I was told I should have rested a lot more than I did after the initial illness I had when we concluded our Belgian tour earlier this month. The doctors have now made the rest a compulsory one. I believe that after the two weeks I would be fully recovered, ”he explained.
Sunday Oliseh was discovered to have contracted a viral infection in his system and would need to be monitored during the period of rest to ensure complete recovery.