President of the Nigeria Football
Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick
has said that Coach Stephen Keshi was sacked to safeguard
him from the wrath of enraged Nigerian fans, who were on the
brink of lynching him during Wednesday's 2015 Africa Cup of
Nations qualifier with Sudan.

Pinnick and other NFF Executive Committee members watched
with awe, as fans pelted Keshi with water bottles and stones as they demanded for the head of the 2013 AFCON winner at
the Abuja National Stadium, venue of the match, which Nigeria won 3-1 to keep alive
their hopes of qualifying for next year&39;s tournament in Morocco.


Chants of "Keshi must
go,"sack Keshi" and "we don't want Keshi again" rented the air
as fans went overdrive in their
bid to get their voices heard by the NFF, who swiftly swung into
action in the wee hours of yesterday by axing the former
Togo and Mali coach.

And speaking when he paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of
Sports and Chairman, National Sports Commission, Dr. Tamuno Danagogo yesterday, Pinnick
explained the personal safety of
Keshi was considered more important than anything else.

Pinnck, it was learnt told the Minister that he was shocked
with the hostile reception of the
fans towards Keshi, arguing that it would be dangerous for
Keshi to remain as coach in the face of uch hostility.
Source: VanguardNG

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U ppl r mad Keshi remains d boss u can't sack him, stop lying mumu ppl