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Stephen Keshi has been sacked as Nigeria coach.
And in his place, former Super Eagles coach, Amodu Shuaibu is to lead
a consortium of coaches for the final two games of the 2015 African
Nations Cup qualifier.
Colin Udoh reports that an expatriate coach will thereafter be
appointed to take charge of the squad.
The Nigeria Football Federation had released a communique wee hours of
Thursday after a meetingof the NFF Board 'in the interest of Nigerian
football and the desire to ensure qualification for the 2015 Africa
Cup of Nations finals'.
Keshi's two-year contract with the NFF lapsed in June, and the former
national team captain has been working in a caretaker capacity since
then. His technical and backroom staff were also fired along with him.
In their place, Salisu Yusuf, Gbenga Ogunbote and Alloy Agu will join
Amodu for the final two games of the qualifying series.
Garba Lawal replaces Emmanuel Attah as new Team Coordinator, Toyin
Ibitoye replaces Ben Alaiya as Media Officer, while Godfirst Chike
will be the new equipment manager in place of Chidi Ngoka. Only Team
Secretary Dayo Enebi retained his position.
