Nigeria’s hope of one of its own flying presidential flag in the election into key position s of the elite football body come February 2016 has fallen flat on its face.
ButfFormer Nigeria skipper, Segun Odegbami , is blaming ex-FIFA executive committee member Amos Adamu and rival Orji Uzor Kalu for his failure to get the backing of other African countries in his quest to become the new FIFA boss.
Both Kalu and Odegbami had indicated interest in contesting for the position. Kalu position a few days ago appeared much brighter of the two as the embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter made an open endorsement of his candidature.
But both aspirants failed to submit applications before the deadline on Monday.
Odegbami was endorsed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to run for the FIFA presidency but he could not muster nominations from five African soccer federations by Monday’s deadline to enable him stand for the FIFA elections.
“Where were Amos Adamu and (Orji) Kalu yesterday (Monday)? It’s a Nigerian thing to bring down others,” africanFootball.com quoted Odegbami as saying on a radio interview monitored in Abuja Tuesday morning.
“Well, I have done my own bit and it is left for others to do theirs.”
Former Abia State Governor Kalu was linked with the FIFA presidential race, but he did not submit any documentation for his candidacy to the NFF.
