Pay Me While Am Alive, Sunday Oliseh Drags NFF on Twitter

Pay Me While Am Alive, Sunday Oliseh Drags NFF on Twitter

Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh, like a bad penny, has returned to the Nigerian football scene.

The former Eagles skipper has taken to social media to call out the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over alleged debts being owed him and his Belgian assistant, Jean Francois Losciuto. This is coming at a time of relative calm in the country’s football ahead of the crucial Fifa 2018 World cup qualifiers.

Oliseh, 42, shocked the country in February when he took to Twitter to announce his resignation as head coach of the Super Eagles – seven months after his unveiling in Abuja as the African Guardiola – with the country on the brink of another Afcon fail.

The former Ajax and Juventus midfielder pointed to unpaid wages, lack of support and contractual violations as his reason for absconding, allegations the Amaju Pinnick-led NFF board has since rubbished.

However, in a tweet posted Friday on his handle (@SundayOOliseh), the enigmatic ex-international prayed the NFF to pay him and coach Losciuto the “huge amounts” they’re being owed, before warning them of a possible suspension should the football house continue to ignore his Belgian colleague’s letter to that effect.

Read his tweets below:

Hope the NFF will pay coach Losciuto & myself the huge amounts they still owe us without litigation whilst we are alive! Pray they listen!

— Sunday Oliseh (@SundayOOliseh) July 8, 2016

For 5 months, Losciuto's lawyers' letters to D NFF have been ignored.Should CAS suspend Nigeria it is not his fault.B4 they lie 2 you again!

— Sunday Oliseh (@SundayOOliseh) July 8, 2016

But his ‘critics’ – whom he labelled  ‘insane’ in a bizarre rant before his resignation – seemed unperturbed by his lamentations as they had a field day coming after him on social media.

Read their reactions…

@sundayooliseh you are so unprofessional damn.Did they employed you via twitter? If you are truly not payed, go to the glass out to ask.LIAR

— Abiodun Ibrahim (@demilanguy_kaka) July 8, 2016

@SundayOOliseh owe for wetin, which work u do? No annoy me this morning.

— jude ekeanyanwu (@okesipapa) July 8, 2016

@SundayOOliseh To me u are a patriotic Nigerian. Yes, you did ur best as a player, but I don’t see a patriotic individual leaving as u did.

— Moses Shola Adeyemo (@adeyemoshola80) July 8, 2016

@SundayOOliseh pls forgo the money cos you failed us

— Ellastrous (@ellapepple) July 8, 2016

@SundayOOliseh why did you dismiss yourself and now you excepting your payoff?

— McDowell Dean (@clarkbill1) July 8, 2016

@SundayOOliseh pay ko pay ni. What did u achieve with the team. You took them four steps backward

— Tactical Conte (@olorunniyitimm6) July 8, 2016

@SundayOOliseh for the record how much are we talking about?

— Taofeek Babalola (@bablowsport) July 8, 2016

@SundayOOliseh the same way you were coaching on Twitter and failed on the field.. seek redress appropriately if you think you have a case.

— Abubakar Ajayi (@AbubakarAjayi) July 8, 2016

@SundayOOliseh gba gbe iyen…. o ti wo voicemail.

— Haybee Bakare (@HaybeeBakare) July 8, 2016

Some Nigerians have however backed Oliseh and joined forces with him to call out the NFF.

@SundayOOliseh nawa oo. A labourer is entitled to his wages. I see no wrng in Oliseh askin for his entitlements.

— Emelda (@jeffrina_louis) July 8, 2016

@SundayOOliseh I think you all are the set back Nigeria who cannot do what they promise

— McDowell Dean (@clarkbill1) July 8, 2016

@SundayOOliseh @thenff should stop messing up local coaches…its a shame!

— Sam Obi (RIP) (@Frankokah) July 8, 2016

@SundayOOliseh And EFCC dey find work since but forget @thenff office? Mtcheeeew!

— Bee Brown (@baloski2001) July 8, 2016