Former Super Eagles head coach, Adegboye Onigbinde has reportedly written a personal letter to out of contract Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi - asking him to quietly seek greener pastures elsewhere.
Stephen Keshi
Keshi who led the Nigerian national team to the AFCON Championship in 2013 has failed to qualify the team to defend their title in 2015 - amid his side's lack of organised play.
Many ex-managers of the Super Eagles - including Christian Chukwu, Shuaibu Amodu and Kashimawo Laloko - believe Keshi should leave the managerial job.
And Onigbinde revealed that he had earlier urged Keshi to politely thank the President for considering him worthy for recall and bow out honourably.
“On the very day the presidency asked him to return to his job, I personally sent him a text message to politely thank Mr President for the offer and bow out honourably and quietly, too.
“Keshi respectfully replied the text message thanking me and that was it as he went ahead with the two remaining 2015 AFCONn qualifying matches against Congo and South Africa, I’m sure the rest is history.
“I volunteered the advice to Keshi because I understand that he won’t work with the presidency but a different set of people as well as an entirely different environment.
“Now that others have picked up the calls, I’ve the privilege to have said over two months ago I won’t like to engage in an exercise that will appear repetitious so that I won’t be accused of having interest in the whole matter.
“I’m not used to pressurising people to act in certain way, I’ve passed my view directly to him, I don’t need to pressurise him further on same thing,” said Onigbinde to supersport.com.