Sports Blame President Goodluck Jonathan for Nigeria not qualifying for the Nations Cup - Kojo Williams

Former chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) Kojo Williams has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of costing Nigeria a Nations Cup qualification spot.

Nigeria could not make it to the 2015 African Nations Cup tournament in Equatorial Guinea after failing to beat South Africa in their last group game of the qualifiers.

The Super Eagles could only manage a 2-2 draw against the Bafana Bafana on Wednesday which was not enough to secure qualification.

And Kojo believes that the Super Eagles would have been able to qualify for the Nations Cup if President Jonathan had not compelled the Nigeria Football Federation(NFF) to reinstate Stephen Keshi as coach.

Keshi was laid off by the NFF after a stuttering start to the qualifiers that left Nigeria in third position of their group, drafting in Amodu Shaibu as an interim boss to see out the two remaining fixtures.

However, Keshi was dramatically brought back after two weeks on the orders of president Jonathan.

“The one person who created this mess is the President. It was wrong of him recall Keshi when he was told to go by the NFF. We do not know if Nigeria would have qualified under the consortium of coaches led by Shaibu Amodu but that infamous decision to recall Keshi was responsible for our failure as the latter became bigger than the NFF as he was no longer answerable to them again”, Kojo told Saturday Vanguard Sports.

“The NFF as presently led by Amaju Pinnick has been caged. Those guys do not have the guts to stand on their decision. It is most shameful and disgusting that they have accepted responsibility for Keshi’s failure to qualify for the Nations Cup.

“When Siasia failed to qualify the Eagles for the Nations Cup in 2012, he was sacked. So why are they afraid to sack Keshi after he failed to qualify us for Equatorial Guinea 2015? I am totally shocked with what is going on. I am tired of this country.

“I expected Pinnick and his board to have resigned when the President overturned their decision to sack Keshi because they are the ones running our football, not our President, who has a lot on his hands to deal with. They should have stuck to their ground and told the President why they sacked Keshi but all of them, simply kept quiet and look at the mess that came out of that decision”, Kojo added.

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