Zamalek forward Samson Olanrewaju Akinyoola has accused the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as the reason behind the decision of the coach of the Benin Republic Gernot Rohr to leave him out of his squad for the world cup qualifiers, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Akinyoola introduced himself to international football by playing for the U20 of Benin Republic in 2019 and was prime for his debut for the senior team in the world cup qualifiers, which they started with a win over Rwanda and will play Nigeria later today.
However he wasn’t picked in the squad for both games with questions over his eligibility to play for the West African country as he is born to Nigerian parents and holds a Nigerian passport. There is still some whispers that he doesn’t qualify for Benin Republic as he is a Nigerian who only migrated few years ago.
” Somebody in the NFF is behind this and it is not fair. Samson told me about it and that person is doing it for selfish reasons. Samson represented Benin Republic in 2019 at U20 level without any issues, so why can’t he play now at senior level”, a source close to the player queried.
” Samson is very angry and feels he has been robbed off the chance to help his team in their dream of making it to the world cup, but it hasn’t ended as he will do everything in his powers to prove that he is eligible to play for Benin Republic”.
Mohammed Mowiz Suleiman
