Super Eagles Coach, Austin Eguavoen, has said that he is still in charge of the team.
He denied reports that he had stepped down after drawing with Rwanda in his second match as coach.
“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,” Eguavoen said on arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja in a media chat.“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 said.
Drama has continued to play out in the national team’s headship in recent times.
After Finidi George’s abrupt exit just after two matches, Eguavoen took over days before Nigeria’s first Nations Cup against Benin Republic.
He won the match 3-0 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, last Saturday before being held to a goalless draw in the second game against Rwanda on Tuesday.
After Tuesday’s goalless draw in Kigali, reports broke out that Eguavoen stepped down as interim coach but the gaffer has denied the reports ahead of next month’s AFCON qualifiers double header against Libya.
