“Nigerian football is sinking, it’s almost dead.”
Pastor Taribo West, Former Nigerian, General Overseer of Taribo West Ministries and also a former flamboyant defender for Inter Milan and AC Milan, preach in his church in Lagos, on January 12, 2020. – Taribo West, the former Inter and AC Milan player is one of several ex-Nigeria national team stars and officials on a crusade to stamp out the corruption eating away at the game in his West African homeland.
“There’s almost no place where you can talk out against those managing football because they have paid everybody.” Known as outspoken even during his playing days, he is using his profile to keep up the pressure in the hope that this time around something finally gets done about the graft that he believes is ruining the game.Other former players are also speaking out alongside him.
Emmanuel Babayaro was one of the heroes when Nigeria made history to become the first African team to win Olympic gold at the 1996 Atlanta games.
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