Corrupt Nigeria U17s Coach Manu Garba risks sack?

Manu Garba the coach of Nigeria U17 risks being sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation after he was alleged to have collected money from football agents to invite their players Allnigeriasoccer reports.

According to the report Manu Garba is not a first time offender, has he was paid the sum N500,000 by ex-Catania player Prince Ogbonna to call up three of his proteges to the Flying Eagles camp in 2015, but he failed to honour the agreement after receiving the bribe.

The 50-year-old, who claimed before the start of the Golden Eaglets screening that he was traveling to scout for fresh talents, held a secret meeting in Lagos with Yusuf Shira Ayila, better known as Victor Osimhen’s intermediary, and was paid N5 million to invite five of his players.

A top source told allnigeriasoccer.com : “Shira gave Manu Garba N5 million to invite five players, one million naira per player.  Manu came to Lagos and visited Shira, that was where they negotiated the deal.

“Also, Collins Football Academy, who train at the National Stadium, Surulere, gave him N4 million to invite four players. Manu has sworn that those four players will play at the next World Cup except they fail MRI.

“The information from the NFF now is that they want to sack Manu as what he is doing is too obvious, and appoint one of the Kano Pillars coaches to replace him.”

Apart from the aforementioned agents, a certain intermediary (names withheld) who is extremely close to Manu Garba has several of his players in the Golden Eaglets camp.

But to disguise that fact, the players he represents are allocated dummy/fictitious academies by Garba and his accomplice.

The Nigeria U17s manager was contacted to hear his side of the story but his phone was switched off.