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At last NFF admits 15 failed MRI test
By Semiu Osho
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The Nigeria Football Federation has finally admitted the age controversies concerning the national U-17 team, the Golden Eaglets, by confirming the expulsion of 15 players from the team.
According to a statement released by the public relations officer, Demola Olajire, yesterday, only 21 players are left in the team, following the result of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan carried out on the team, ahead of the FIFA U-17 World Cup to be hosted on home soil between October 24 and November 15.
The players dropped from the squad are: Kabiru Borgo, Abiodun Akande, Ariyo Olubukola, Habeeb Bello, Deji Joel, Yakubu Azeez, Ogungbe Ganiyu, Orji Alu, Justice Chinedu, Chinedu Udegha, Amadi Moses, Solomon Enudi,Dubem Awaziem, Esse Joseph Junior, and Olaitan Gambari.
Those left are Yekini Kazeem, Paul Danjuma, Bala Mohammed Saidu, Femi Orunnimi, Aliyu Mohammed, Emeka Opara, Bala Saidu, Rahaman Azeez, Fortune Chukwudi, Kenneth Omeruo, Eze Ikechukwu, Dafe Egbedi, Jude White, Terry Envoh, Ogugua Gibson, Emmanuel Sani Shehu, Sadiq Saliu, Abduljelil Ajagun, Omoh Ajabu, Onazie Ogeyi, and Anthony Iyalekhue.
Fresh screening
The age scandal, which has generated heated reactions from Nigerian soccer fans means the Eaglets coach, John Obuh, will have to start fresh screening as the NFF has turned to the Pepsi Football Academy and products of the last Shell Cup competition to salvage Nigeria's pride as the host and defending champions of the global cadet tournament.
Nine players have been invited from the Pepsi academy, which produced the likes of Mikel Obi and Osaze Odemwingie, while 11 others have been called up from an array of youngsters that took part in this year's Shell Cup secondary schools football competition which ended in February.
The future of the current Eaglets coach, Obuh, is not however clear after expressing his disgust over the NFF's decision to carry out the MRI scan on his team at this stage of his preparation.
New twist
But a fresh twist has unfolded in the wake of the age-cheat scandal as a member of the technical committee of the nation's football authorities, Godwin Dudu-Orumen, has tendered his resignation.
The technical committee's roles include vetting and approving the national teams' squad but Dudu-Orumen has denied his resignation had any link with the age controversies swallowing up the Eaglets' camp.
He said: " It's true that I have resigned as a member of the technical committee but it has nothing to do with the age problems in the Eaglets. It is just for personal reason. I feel it's time to focus my attention on some personal matters and I think I did my best working with the committee.
"I honestly feel it is good that the team is being screened now rather than waiting till we are embarrassed at the competition proper. I think it is good the issue is being resolved now even though we could say that the tournament is around the corner, after all the competition is meant to develop future talents," Dudu-Orumen added.
dice che 15 ragazzini prima del mondiale under 17 hanno fallito il test di risonanza (che dovrebbe scoprire l'eta' di una persona dalle ossa). sani e onazi non sono tra quelli.