Nigeria: Glo-CAF Award Fall Out - Odegbami's Comments on Mikel Distasteful, Says Shittu

15 January 2014

Former Green Eagles Captain, Segun Odegbami's comments on why John Mikel Obi failed to win the 2013 Glo-CAF African Footballer of the Year award has drawn flak from the camp of the Nigeria and Chelsea midfield stalwart.

Mikel's Manager and Agent, Olatunji John Shittu, told THISDAY on telephone from his United Kingdom base yesterday that Odegbami's reactions on the CAF award was malicious and in bad taste.

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