Vanguard (Lagos)

Nigeria: S-H-O-C-K-E-R! NFA Owes Atuegbu N.4million

Abuja — The former Green Eagles midfield dynamo, the late Aloy Atuegbu was said to have visited the Nigeria Football Association to demand for the money owed him by the football house a few days before he suddenly slumped and died last month.

It was understood that the NFA is owing the fallen Atuegbu over N400,000, which he (late Atuegbu) called at the Glass House Friday penultimate to his death, Saturday May 24, 2008. to collect.

A dependable source disclosed that the late Atuegbu had called repeatedly to demand for the money allegedly owed him without any luck as he was oftentimes asked to come back. And his last visit at the Glass House was on May 23, 2008.

It was also gathered that apart from demanding for the payment of the money owed him, "Atuegbu was also coming to solicit for coaching job".

Remarkably, the late Atuegbu was part of the coaching crew that prepared the Under_17 to the African Youth Championship in Seychelles in 2002 among the numerous assignments he had executed for the Football House.

Since the news of his death, the NFA is yet to open a condolence register in his honour at the Glass House.

Similarly, the NFA is yet to pay the family of its former head of marketing, Edozie Enemoh the money owed him before he died in a ghastly auto crash while on official duty, it was also gathered.

It was learnt that the NFA is owing the late Enemoh over N1.8 million.

Atuegbu was a key figure to Nigeria's first win of the Nations Cup in 1980 where he scored a goal and had his signature to the second goal scored by Segun Odegbami. Enemoh before his death was a marketing guru who changed the fortunes of Nigerian football with his marketing skills that yielded revenue to the football house.


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