Mikel Obi refuses to pay fine
Mikel Obi has said he will not pay a fine of $5,000 for reporting late to the Nigeria training camp ahead of a crucial Nations Cup qualifier against Guinea.
And also, the Super Eagles training session on Friday will be completely closed to the public and media. Nigeria’s coach, Samson Siasia, says he intends to use the session to finalise his tactics for the Saturday game against Guinea.
He said, “At this stage we ask that the team be allowed some privacy to fine-tune our game plan away from media and public.”
Mikel told MTNFootball.com in Abuja on Thursday that no official of the team had communicated to him on the said $5,000 fine for hitting Transcorp Hilton Hotel camp of the Nigeria’s Super Eagles late
Mikel arrived Abuja early morning on Wednesday instead of a Tuesday 12 midnight deadline set for the team.
However, the player denied knowledge of the sanction against him.
He said, “I don’t know anything about that and they haven’t told me I have been fined.” he said.
When asked whether he would pay the fine if asked to, Mikel replied, “No, no I don’t think so because I did not do anything wrong. I have reported to the camp and I have very, very genuine reason.
“If the manager (Samson Siasia) would tell Nigerians my reason, anyone in that situation will reason with me.”
Mikel is believed to have gone to Jos, to visit his father, who was recently freed by the police from a gang of kidnappers.
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