Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi has been reported to have described as ridiculous a report in a national daily at the weekend which quoted former Assistant Coach, Sylvanus Okpala as saying that the money given to the team by the Cross River state government after last year’s Nations Cup triumph was shared by Nigeria Football Federation officials and players.

Okpala

Okpala had alleged that the team head coach Stephen Keshi convinced the team to part with some of the money so that they could give some to board members. The initiative was to buy peace as members were said to be bitter that they were not part of the  Nations Cup largesse.

A statement from Eagles spokesman said that  Keshi described Okpala’s  comment as not only untrue but a calculated attempt to pitch him against his employers.

“I want to assume that Sylvanus was misquoted but if not then there is no truth in such a claim, because the NFF has never asked or shared from any monies given to the team by supporters and well meaning Nigerians and state governments,”the statement quoted Keshi as saying.

The report also quoted Keshi saying that he did not handle payments.