Former Super Eagles player and manager Samson Siasia ran into yet another trouble after revealing that he needed to pay about 100,000 Swiss francs before Court of Arbitration for Sports will hear his appeal.
The 52-year-old was banned for life from all football activities by FIFA in August after being accused of match-fixing with a Singaporean Wilson Raj Perumal.
After the news broke, Siasia pleaded not guilty to the crimes alleged to him, adding that he was not given an opportunity to clear his name from the scandal.
The 2016 Rio Olympics bronze medal winning coach still needs N50 million to pay the ransom kidnappers who have his mother in custody.
His mum was abducted for the second time in Bayelsa three months ago and a chance to get her back is proving difficult.
While speaking to This Day Live, the embattled tactician said: “CAS said we have to pay 100,000 Swiss francs.
“That’s almost a 100,000 to start the Appeal. It’s crazy! But if I don’t pay before the 10th of October, my appeal will be off their schedule,” Siasia said.
He added that: “My mum is with kidnappers for almost three months now, friends and my government in Bayelsa have abandoned me.
“At this stage, I have decided to take my case to President Muhammadu Buhari since I have exhausted all other avenues and they are yielding anything,” he said.
Siasia has made his impact for Nigerian teams after winning silver medal for the Flying Eagles in 2005 and proceeded to win Olympics silver with the U-23 team in Beijing in 2008.In 2016, he also won bronze for the country’s Dream Team in Brazil before the match fixing allegation was brought upon him in 2019.
