Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi resigns one day after winning Super Eagles the 2013 Afcon title

The Nigerian football
fraternity was dealt
with a huge blow on
Monday evening, when
their coach Stephen
Keshi announced his
resignation from his
job as the coach of the
national team, just less
than 24 hours after he
guided the Super
Eagles to Afcon glory at the National
Stadium.
Keshi claims that he was sacked prior to their
quarterfinal clash against Ivory Coast,
because apparently the Nigerian Football
Federation booked a plane back to Nigeria as
soon as they found out that they will play
Ivory Coast.
Nigeria's former PRO Peterside Idah,
confirmed Keshi's claim on Twitter. He wrote
@IdahPeterside, “Keshi only heard the NFF
had given the secretary money for return
tickets before Ivory Coast game, only after
they won the game.”
However, Keshi claimed on Metro FM that he
heard about the arrangement made by the
NFF after the Mali game, and that he did not
want to take it to mind as it would have
affected his teams preparations.
Keshi’s resignation letter still has to be
discussed by the NFF, and the coach says he
is unlikely to change his mind, because he
believes that NFF did not trust and respect
his tactics as a coach.
The coach did tell Goal.com a few days
before the final, that he would ' pack his bags
and leave' if he felt he was not wanted, and
it is a surprising turn of events after the
coach was highly praised from all quarters.