By Solomon Nwoke
CONTRARY to claims adduced by coach Sunday Oliseh that he quit the Super Eagles job because he did not enjoy the right support from his employers,  the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) yesterday stated how Oliseh almost tore the team apart with his impulsive style of man management.

Pinnick

In a statement released by the NFF Communication department and made available to us by the Assistant Director NFF Communications, Demola Olajire, the NFF said ‘’but for the timely intervention of its president, Amaju Pinnick and  the Vice-President, his disagreement with former Eagles captain, Vincent Enyeama would have led to the mass exodus of senior players from the national team.

“Coach Oliseh wanted to sack the entire backroom staff of the Super Eagles including the Media Officer, Toyin Ibitoye, saying he could not work with them. A potentially messy situation was aborted by the firm position of the General Secretary and the President on the matter.

“The coach virtually tore the team apart with his impulsive style of man management, for example, if not for the way the NFF President and his vice president handled the matter, his disagreement with erstwhile Captain Vincent Enyeama would have  seen all the senior players quit the Super Eagles. The NFF has accommodated  these only in support of the ultimate success of the coach and the team”

Olajire further stated that coach Oliseh never showed any respect to the contractual agreement he had with the Nigerian Football Federation.

He said, “ After the CHAN championships in Rwanda, the Technical Committee requested for the usual technical report of the Championship but Coach Oliseh wrote a terse e-mail back to the secretary of that committee stating that he did not report to them.

“ Even though by the terms of his contract he was obliged to return to Nigeria at least two weeks to any Super Eagles match and is obliged to watch our domestic league matches from time to time, one can count how many local league matches he has watched. And one can point out that he did not return to Nigeria before he went to the CHAN on the grounds that he was ill. Yet, he went to South Africa and Rwanda but did not return with the team to Nigeria”.