Following protest by fans carrying placards asking for the sack of coach Stephen Keshi at the stadium on Tuesday, the NFF is expected to deploy security to forestall violence

The Nigeria Football Federation has concluded plans to tighten security around the Abuja Stadium for today’s Super Eagles cracker against after threats of protests against the team escalated on Tuesday.

A ragtag bunch of fans carried placards asking for the sack of coach Stephen Keshi at the stadium. This is expected to increase when the African champions take on the Falcons of Jediane this afternoon.

A top NFF Secretariat staff told Goal this morning that there are going to be about 800 security personnel comprising of the DSS, Police, Civil Defense and Federal Road Safety Commission for the match because of the tension surrounding the impending outcome of the match.

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