Austin Eguavoen, the technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday debunked rumours making the rounds that he has stepped down as the interim coach of the Super Eagles.
News About Nigeria reports that reports on social media had alleged that Eguavoen stepped down after the two 2025 AFCON qualifiers against the Benin Republic and Rwanda.
The reports had claimed that his decision to step down from the 3333333333333333333333333position was because of the goalless draw against the Rwandan team in Kigali.
Reacting to this, the 59-year-old noted that such negative stories are not needed at a time as this as all the Super Eagles need is the support of Nigerians, not falsehood.
The Eagles Coach said this on his arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja while speaking to Newsmen.
He said “It’s quite unfortunate that people just trigger something that is not correct. And the situation we are in now, we don’t need negative stories. I only talked about sitting down with the hierarchy of the federation after these two games and we will see how to go about prosecuting the next games.
“But when I saw that story I was worried. Whatever people are reading out there aren’t correct. I’m still very much in charge. I’m the Technical Director of the NFF, saddled with the responsibility of taking the Super Eagles at this moment.”
He therefore noted that his primary focus is next month’s AFCON qualifiers double header against Libya, urging Nigerians to disregard naysayers and to keep on supporting the Super Eagles.
