Aris Thessaloniki of Greece striker, Aide Brown Ideye has joined in the ongoing debate about alleged corruption that rocked the selection of players for Nigeria’s squad to Brazil 2014 World Cup by promising to write a book about the saga before he retires from the game, megasportsarena.com reports.
In what becomes his second public statement on the alleged bribery saga that was first raised by Chinedu Obasi, then backed by Taye Ismaila Taiwo and Imoh Ezekiel, Ideye hinted that he was n the now about a lot of shady dealings and undercurrents that went into the choice of players to don Nigeria’s jersey at Brazil 2014.
Incidentally, Ideye had earlier raised a different angle to the saga, when he disclosed that he was dropped from the squad that reached the round of 16 in Brazil simply because he fell out with his agent, who at that time was sad to have a strong relationship with the head coach.
The head coach at that time was late Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, who many observers have already absolved of any blame in the money-induced selection of players, but many fingers of accusation are variously pointing at his assistants and top officials of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
However, all the players who opened the can of worms did not mention any name as culprit in their allegations of corruption rocking the Eagles’ selection process heading to Brazil 2014, nor have any of those who keep festering the hornets’ nest since then also been specific in their accusations.
While Ideye had also not categorically mention the agent who prevailed on the technical crew to delist him from the squad to The Samba Nation, and did not even specifically name Keshi as the coach that was prevailed on to drop him back then, he has hinted that he will eventually spill all the beans in a book.
Ideye took to social media to confirm his intention, as he affirmed that he will document all the dirty dealings and everything that went on back then, as he posted: “Before I retire, I will write a book and pour everything out.”
