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NFF Denies Super Eagles Coach Sunday Oliseh’s Resignation Over Conjectures Of Mystery Around His Illness

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The Nigeria Football Federation insists Coach Sunday Oliseh is still in charge of the Super Eagles.

This development comes on the heels of speculations in some quarters the head coach has thrown in the towel over conjectures of mystery around his ill health

Societynowng.com learnt the talkers of resignation of Oliseh tied his illness to spiritual war fare with roots in alleged unrest in the Eagles camp that has thrown out two top players.

They alleged Oliseh’s resigned to save his life.

But information coming in from the NFF revealed the growing rumour as mere lazy talks. Sunday Oliseh

Speaking The Nation President of the Nigeria Football federation (NFF) Melvin Amaju Pinnick debunked the claims in some quarters that Super Eagles chief coach Sunday oliseh has resigned from the plum job.

This is how The Nation reports how the NFF President dispelled the rumour in full

‘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, enthused thus in a terse text message to SportingLife on Friday evening that: “How? not true.”

SportingLife‘s further porbe on 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 and has charged the Eagles to win the 2016 CHAN qualifier against Burkina Faso on Sunday.

“I have absolute confidence in the team even in my absence they will get the job done for Nigeria on Sunday,” he said.

The August 4 Stadium in Ouagadogou hosts CHAN qualifying 2nd leg fixture between Etalons and the Eagles.

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