Sacked
Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi is to drag the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to
court for “wrongful dismissal and defamation.”
AfricanFootball.com can exclusively reveal that a Kaduna-based law
firm has formally notified the NFF to that effect.
“Keshi’s
lawyers have written the NFF threatening to sue for wrongful dismissal and
defamation of character,” a source informed AfricanFootball.com.
“But the
truth of the matter is that he does not have a leg to stand on as far as this
matter is concerned. It’s all laughable and he’s just chasing shadows.”
It was
also understood that he was paid his outstanding monies before his sack.
Earlier
media reports suggested he was to take his case to the Court of Arbitration for
Sport (CAS), but the coach himself later denied this.
Keshi was
sacked on July 5 after the NFF announced that he was not working in line with
the corporate objectives of the federation.
The NFF
disciplinary committee investigated various allegations against Keshi during
which they gave him the right to defend himself before they recommended he be
relieved of his post.
In April,
the 53-year-old Keshi signed a new two-year contract after his initial
three-year deal with the NFF ran out at last year’s World Cup in Brazil.
He has
since been replaced by Sunday Oliseh.
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