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Former Super Eagles’ Coach Sunday Oliseh has withdrawn a lawsuit he filed against the Nigerian Football Federation. Oliseh is to appear before the House of Representatives.
“I have instructed my lawyers to withdraw the lawsuit against the Nigerian Football Federation, after speaking with many Nigerians whom I respect a lot,” Oliseh said in a video message posted on his personal website.
The former Eagles’ handler said he resigned due to “contract violations, lack of support, unpaid wages, benefits to my players, assistant coaches and myself.”
But the NFF disputed Oliseh’s claims that he had not been paid. The Federation said the ex-Eagles’ coach was paid about N20 million shortly before his resignation and that it owed the players and the coaches bonuses for the World Cup qualifier against Swaziland played in Port Harcourt.
Oliseh, however, insisted that he has not been paid. According to him, he chose to withdraw the suit against the NFF because it was pointless. He presented a statement of account from Zenith Bank, through which his salary was paid as the head coach of the Super Eagles. The evidence showed that there was no payment made to him in February contrary to the NFF’s claim. He also presented evidence of footing the bill of Super Eagles’ feeding during camp in South Africa between January 5 and January 16, 2016.
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