By Victor Kanayo
Coach Austin Eguavoen has said he didn’t step down as the interim manager of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, contrary to trending reports credited to him.
Eguavoen, the Technical Director of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) was said to have revealed his readiness to step aside after the two 2025 AFCON qualifiers against the Benin Republic and Rwanda.
On his return to Abuja after Rwanda clash, the former international 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.”
Eguavoen was appointed by the NFF to take charge of the two games following the inability of the federation to secure the services of German coach, Bruno Labbadia, over what they refered to as stringent German tax laws.
The 59-year-old led Nigeria to a 3-0 win over the Benin Republic in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, last Saturday before being held to a goaless draw in the second game of the series by Rwanda on Tuesday.
