How Mikel Stopped NFF From Hijacking Dollars Given To Them By Japanese Businessman

The plans of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to
hijack the cash gift given to the Nigeria Under-23,
shortly after they won bronze at the Rio 2016 Olympics
was foiled by captain of the Nigeria team John Obi Mikel.
A total of $390,000 was given to the bronze winning
Nigeria team by Japanese surgeon Dr. Katsuya Takasu
shortly after their 3-2 win over Honduras, but the NFF
asked for the said amount to be given to the Federation
which is presently battling financial crunch.
However, captain of the team Mikel foiled their plans by
clearly telling them that any attempt to hijack the money
from the team will make them boycott the tie against
Honduras.
Officials of the NFF also failed in their attempts to make
the Japanese philanthropist hand the money out to the
Federation in cash, apparently after Mikel contacted him
not to change his plans of handing out the money in
cheque.
The cheque was written in the names of Mikel Obi and
coach Samson Siasia, with Mikel in charge of
distributing the money among the team...