President Goodluck Jonathan has meddled in Nigerian football matters before. Then, as at now, it ended in a fiasco. That first time, June 2010, after Nigeria crashed and burned at the World Cup due in large part to the incompetence of one Lars Lagerback and a small helping hand from Sani Kaita, Jonathan imposed a two-year international ban on the Super Eagles.

Thankfully, FIFA came down hard on Jonathan and threatened Nigeria with expulsion before that ridiculous ban was rescinded. If Jonathan had been allowed to have his way, Nigeria would have missed out on the qualifications for the AFCON championships which we eventually won in February 2013. We also would have missed out on the 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
But, Jonathan did it again! After the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, did what was long overdue and showed brother Keshi the door, Jonathan stepped in and forced Keshi’s reinstatement. The net result? We failed to qualify for the next championship. We don’t even have the honour of defending our title.
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