In the wake of allegations of financial inducement ahead of 2014 World Cup anchored by late coach Stephen Keshi, then Super Eagles assistant coach Sylvanus Okpala has also revealed that the likes of Taiye Taiwo plotted the team’s downfall during one of Nation’s cup qualifier.
Okpala in response to recent Taiwo and players’ claim over bribery within the Super Eagles told Amar Ignis of Radio Nigeria, “…I also read about Taiye Taiwo’s outburst in the papers. After our experience with him, we never invited him again.
“During our AFCON qualifier against Rwanda, Taiye didn’t play well in that game. Keshi complained after the match but the players went back to their rooms and started plotting how to remove Keshi. They never knew that Keshi’s room was the next to Taiye’s room.
“Taiye was telling other players that Keshi was shouting on him on the pitch and that he will do to Keshi what he did to other coaches and ensure that Keshi was sacked.
“Keshi was in his room listening to all their conversations. Now, most of them are now coming to talk about money. It wasn’t about money because I knew about these two issues involving Taiye and Uche.
“Which coach will like to invite a player who wants him sacked in his team? It’s not possible . I am telling you what happened as an insider.”
