Stephen Keshi after been sacked by the NFF has being called back to finish the job he began by leading the Super Eagles to the rest of the qualifiers against Congo and South Africa next month
Keshi is set to return to his role in charge of the Super Eagles for next month’s pair of qualifiers against Congo and South Africa.
It was reported that by President Goodluck Jonathan ordered the Nigerian Football Federation to reinstate Keshi to his former post as part of reconciliatory moves.
The President has also asked the faction of Chris Giwa to withdraw its case from court to ensure that Nigeria is not banned by Fifa. Though the NFF is yet to release any official statement.
Keshi was relieved of his job on October 16, a day after the Super Eagles defeated Sudan 3-1 in Abuja, by the Amaju Pinnick-led board of the NFF who re-called former coach Shaibu Amodu in an interim capacity.
The African champions had struggled to win just one in four qualifying matches and fans had begun to call for the coach’s sack.
However, the Giwa-led faction had always maintained Keshi was still in charge despite the Big Boss having spoken about intentions to lead the Ghanaian national side, a fact that the GFA has now ruled out.
The 52-year-old will now be in charge for the must-win pair of qualifiers next month. Nigeria are yet to announce their squad.
The Super Eagles have four points and are behind South Africa (eight points), Congo (seven points) but ahead of Sudan (three points) in Group A.
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