By Pascal Ibe
Claim
Igbo History on Facebook, claimed that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed former Super Eagles player, Emmanuel Amunike as head coach.
Verdict
FALSE! Various findings showed that there has not been any announcement anywhere on the appointment of Emmanuel Amunike as new Super Eagles coach.
Full Text
A Facebook page named Igbo History on Sunday afternoon claimed that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has appointed former Super Eagles player, Emmanuel Amunike as the new Super Eagles coach.
Igbo History on Facebook with over 250k, is a page that features Igbo culture, history, stories, etc.
Congratulatory messages have continued to pour in on the page by many people who believed the story after the announcement.
Recall that the Super Eagles have been without a substantive coach following the expiration of the contract of Jose Peseiro after the Africa Cup of Nations in February where the team finished as runners up.
Finidi George, who was one of the assistants to Peseiro coached the team in the last two friendly matches they played against Ghana and Mali, but the Minister said the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) will soon name a permanent coach for the team.
Verifying This Claim
However, findings indicated that the Super Eagles legend, Emmanuel Amunike had not yet being appointed as new Super Eagles coach by NFF.
On Friday, in a report by Channels TV , the Nigerian minister of sports John Enoh, disclosed that the senior men’s national team, the Super Eagles, would have a new coach in the next one or two weeks.
According to minister of sports, “The first responsibility of getting a coach lies with the NFF and I have been in touch with the NFF because I think Nigerians didn’t expect that after AFCON and after the contract with coach Peseiro came to an end and wasn’t renewed, that it will take as long and not have a coach yet.
“But NFF is conscious and mindful that our next qualifiers in June, what I can assure is that in the next one or two weeks at the most that the senior national team will have a new coach.
When CrimeFacts news checked the official website of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) on Sunday, there was no single post on website that confirmed that Emmanuel Amunike has been appointed new Super Eagles head coach.
Also, no credible news organization in Nigeria has reported the appointment of Amunike as Super Eagles head coach as at Sunday evening.
When contacted for comments, the NFF official did not pick nor return calls placed by our reporter.
Conclusion
The claim by Igbo History is FALSE. the appointment of Amunike cannot confirmed by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) as at Sunday evening.
No credible news organization in Nigeria has reported the appointment of Emmanuel Amunike as new Super Eagles head coach.
