Fortune Chukwudi (Under-17 Captain) Is At Least 25 Years Old

Stop saying that,,,,,,,are the Burkinababes not from the African continent?    I saw their final group match,  they almost played the Costa Ricans off the stadium. The C. Ricans could barely keep up. Go see those Burkina players and tell me if those guys dont look like your average 16 yr old. They even have the youngest player of the tournament in their fold. He was said to be barely 15 and when I saw him, I didnt doubt it one bit. He even scored!!!!  

Sagamite also suggests that one should see the Gambian team,  so it is not as if Africans can't be honest with their ages, abeg

Have you ever been to Ouagadougou (Capital city of Burkina Faso)? That's how they look there, even 25 year old boys, I think it hasto do with Malnutrition, check out Mumuni Dagano; that guy is almost 35 and he can still compete in U21. As for the Gambians, their original team that won the African Championship was disqualified after the MRI scan, this ones are secondary school boys, no wonder they only scored one Goal or do you think if the Ghanaians had gone with a real U21 squad they would have won the cup?  

if you play football, especially if you played at a young age, you would kjnow that any 17 year old you lay off a ball to outside the 18 yard box to shoot, would rather cut in and try to come closer. look at that Nigerian team, all the players shoot from every range of the field even from half field, non of them scared. nobody in that team is less than 25. period. okoro my ass, that guy and obafemi martins are the same age, 32.

The reason is simply because we are lazy and always expect results overnight. Anyone saying that true U17s cannot do well in these competitions is not speaking the truth. Did you see Abedi's son in Egypt? He is truly U21 (his father is a very well known personality and Im sure the birth of his son was widely celebrated in Ghana and abroad so it will be difficult to lie), yet check out his sterlin performances both in Korea 2007 and Egypt 2009.

Also for those who have forgotten or prolly not born at that time, the Henry Nwosus, Stephen Keshis, etc of this same country started playing for top flight clubs from secondary school! All we need is proper planning. If we start training SSS1/JSS3 students now all round the federation and expose them to quality facilities against the competition coming up in 2011, I can assure we will raise top class players!

That's why our football is going down at senior level. Nobody to replace the ageing ones and we are still begging Kanu to play for us and even calling JayJay to return. Since we won the Nation's Cup in 1994, we have played over 4 U17 competitions and same number of U21 competitions. Where are the players from those competitions? How come we can only raise 11 players from those competitions? when at least 18 players went to each of these competitions.

As for Adokie's whistle blowing, I don't think he meant evil even if the timing is wrong. However, people like Adokie have been screaming to high heavens long time ago about us fielding over age players. I think its just coincidental now that the guy who is captaining the team used to play for him!

If NFF think he is wrong they should sue him to court! Infact, I dare them to!

Daddy i hail o!

Topic,
Adokie has a personal axe to grind with either the ''boy'' in question or the NFF.It's an open secret that all the boys we are parading are way over 17. . . my question to adokie is why now?

The whole revelation is bullshit.

The person behind the revelation is a windbag!

Where has he been all these days?
Sighs and walks away,,,

It is only in 9ja that people can be so wicked . . . why didnt they blow the lid until the guys have progressed to the next round of the competition/

Same question we are all asking and the other issue is this, do we know for a fact is Adokie is saying the truth? 
These boys passed the MRI scan and by all means were cleared to play as U-17. Now that is a FACT!

My person.  ba wo ni. 
Yes, Adokie intentions remain cloudy but you see, you said 90% i.e it is NOT a fact.

Hmmmm,
Why did this man just crawl out of the cracks. more than 2 weeks into the competition?
IF and a serious IF, this guy's saying the truth,
Isnt FIFA culpable too, atleast they performed MRI scans?

I'd have to wait for FIFA to make a statement before drawing conclusions though, since its this guy's word against FIFA (not even NFF sef)

I think Adokie's claim is more of a fact than passing the MRI scan.

The man claims the guy played for Sharks youth team of U20s claiming to be 18 years old 7 years ago. There would be other people in that youth team that would know their team mate. It is verifiable without a fault.

What needs to happen is Chukwudi should come and confirm whether he was 18 years old then or was he a 10 years old (lying to be 18 OR misquoted during registration). We all know it would be virtually impossible for a 10 year old to be playing football with 20 year olds.

MRI scan is less of a fact for 2 reasons:

1) It was conducted by Nigerian officials on both occassions. We know for a record that the impact pricked them a bit as the first tried to challenge FIFA, after conducting it and realising a lot of the players failed, that it is not in the rules and regulations for the tournament.

There is a possibility Chukwudi failed and was left on because he was a critical player to the team. Basically send MRI failing players home to show compliance but leave one or two that the team can't afford to lose so we are not embarassed in a tournament we are hosting. Surely, we all know this kind of approach is not far beyond Nigerian officials.

2) MRI scan is based on an age range and is indicative, hence it has a margin of error, which is the reason FIFA was reluctant to use it right from time.

So overage players can fall within the age range (basically, scan says he is between the age 15 - 20, so hence we have 20 year olds claiming 16) or can pass it despite being outside the age range (error margins).

NO western nation ala Germany, Spain, Italy, USA, New Zealand etc is guilty of age crime because:

1) They keep records of virtually the whole population from birth

2) The records are PUBLIC, anyone can go and check in birth registrys

3) The have unrestraint tabloids that are more loyal to selling copies than to the nation, who would be more than happy to spread such lies on the front page as "exclusive" and "exposee" and make a profit

4) The culture of cheating or being dishonest to win is dwarfed when compared to that of countries like Nigeria


Please don't mislead.

@Sagamite, I'd expect you to be more open on this.

1. Have you ever thought of where the phrase "football age" came from?
2. At least 3 (if not more) of the players in The Manshaft featured for the Euro U-17 last year and by all means they DO NOT look that age. Much more older if you ask me.
3. The tests were performed both in Nigeria and and you don't know for a fact that the test performed in Doha was by Nigerian officials. . .That my brother nullifies that claim (that the two test were performed by Nigerian officials). Those who failed were dropped, what other proof are you looking for?
4. The highligted is a GROSS MISTAKE on your path. Boris Onischenko, Fred Lorz, Briatore, Michael Schumacher, The Spanish Paralympics Basketball Team and a host of others. Do they sound familiar to you?

5. If truely, Adokie is saying the truth then I second the idea that not only should Chukwudi come out and debunk these claims, Adokie should also mention other players that played in the same team with him (Chukwudi).

6. Looking at the players in this tourney, one can boldly say that most of them "look" more than 17 with the exception of Brazil, Gambia and maybe one or two other countries. 

   LIE!! i guess at this point we should focus on the tounament and not bring this up. matters like this should be hotly debated either before or after the U-17 world cup. just enjoy the games for now. all the bomb shells can follow after the games. thanks.

Scenario Abuja stadium     ( Germany vs Argentina)
   Germany trailing 2-1 and in a hurry) Ball goes out of play
 German skipper to ball boy
G skipper-  Hey you small R*t get me the F8ucking ball
 Ball boy- you dey crase, no be 2 years you take senior me, me and your goalkeeper na mate o

same day

Nigeria vs Honduras

Nigerian skipper-(to the same ball boy) o boy throw this ball sharp sharp na.
Ball boy- Uncle , you dont forget my name?
Nigeria skipper- (quickly asks) i know you before, common throw ball give me.Abi Ogun dey kill you??
Ball Ball- Uncle no vex, Mr Godey Aighbge  pikin, you dey come pluck coconut for we area, My papa na your junior for school.   i hail o