Former Super Eagles' head coach, Samson Siasia made a shock appearance at the unveiling ceremony of his successor, Stephen Keshi in Abuja on Thursday.

Siasia, who was sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) for failing to lead the Super Eagles to the 2012 Afcon, walked into the media centre of the National Stadium, Abuja - venue of the unveiling ceremony at about 1.55pm local time.

His appearance raised a few eyebrows while others simply applauded as he walked up to Keshi on the podium and embraced him in an emotional atmosphere.

And in a dramatic manner, Siasia handed over an all-green coloured Super Eagles' jersey to Keshi with number four inscribed behind it.

It would be recalled that Keshi wore the jersey number four during his more than 10-year reign as a defender and later captain of the Nigerian men's national team.

The gesture of the former Nigerian Under20 coach drew more applause from those gathered inside the media centre of the Abuja stadium, as he stole the show.
-SuperSport.com

This is Africa!!!

maturity over worry am

His honesty was real, but is his intention real?

I thought Lawal, Okocha and co are members of the technical team.
Is siaone boldly saying this guys were among the tech committee that plotted his failure?

Brave move all the same, highly commendable.

to be honest, i'm over tripped by his display of maturity, its always about the spirit of sportsmanship after all.

the guy get sense no be small. the guy  know say the cane wey dem take beat iyawo them keep for iyale. So his embrace is simply saying: MY GUY WELCOME TO THE CLUB

This is what I call maturity in the highest order. How many people in his shoes would have done this?
Siaone you are simply too much

ok nah

SIAone

Why do Nigerians like saying things twice e.g

siasia, jayjay, holiholi, magomago, moimoi, chinchin, kulikuli, puffpuff, yanmayanma,  mumu, borrowborrow , crycry, copycopy, jedijedi, sharpsharp, wakawaka, followfollow, lafflaff, potopoto, kabukabu, gbomogbomo; fearfear, touchtouch, yoriyori, jagajaga, lielie, lailai; wuruwuru, talktalk,yahooyahoo.
just joking. Have a lovely week and enjoy this beautiful day (11/11/11).

SIAONE is my man anytime any day at least him display sportsmanship character dere

Good move by Sia1.
Showed his sportsmanship
Heard he is the 1st 9ja coach to show up at the unveiling of his replacement.

Keshi na baba for them all afterall

This is good news. I hope he would be prepared to offer Keshi advise anytime he is called.
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Great. @docjuli, lol

HE HAS SHOWN MATURITY, its as simple as that., i wonder Y sm posters are just , (no further comment)

, Because these things are so good and we just have to name them TWICE. lol lol

docjuli:

Why do Nigerians like saying things twice e.g

siasia, jayjay, holiholi, magomago, moimoi, chinchin, kulikuli, puffpuff, yanmayanma,  mumu, borrowborrow , crycry, copycopy, jedijedi, sharpsharp, wakawaka, followfollow, lafflaff, potopoto, kabukabu, gbomogbomo; fearfear, touchtouch, yoriyori, jagajaga, lielie, lailai; wuruwuru, talktalk.
just joking. Have a lovely week and enjoy this beautiful day (11/11/11).

SiaOne, One love bro

cool move

Keshi should also be prepare to go soon.

Good move by siasia, the guy tried to instill discipline into a lackluster naija team and he suffered for it.

Commendable!

Siasia is a good man.

Well done Sia, that's what's expected, Good move that deserves a mention.

Confirm guy

its all for the media my friends, no be lyk i wan argue with anybody o!!!!!!!! if you watched last episode of soccer africa where siasia was accusing mamadou gaye of being a drunk and should stop using soccer africa as a beer parlour how would u nw classify that particular behaviour?

Very good sense of reasoning by Siasia. Our leaders should start learning from things like this. Politicians should learn to conceed to defeat. If you are removed, look forward to a better tomorrow than going for war. It is a leason.

r uu sure dis guy doesnt av any oda intentions, but tz good though, thumbs up siasia

Great move, Keshi will carry you along. One love

hmm, Methinks he is kinda realising dat he was getting it all wrong when he sued his former employer, Guess he wna clean up his path so as to appear favorable weneva any oda 'awuf' money cums by, This is naija, Sia-wise!!!

MATURITY

For the records its a way to say thanks for making me who i am,steven keshi got him and peter rufai their first club in belgium lokeren,he was their captain(9ja) and agent roled into 1.samson siasia should not have even bothered competing with keshi in the first place,you dont compete with the finger that feed you.