Super Eagles coach, Salisu Yusuf, has been caught on tape in a BBC report receiving a bribe in exchange for favours.
Sequel to ‘Number 12’ controversy that rocked Ghana football, Yusuf is the latest culprit caught by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas.
Salisu who led the Nigeria B side to the Wafu Cup of Nations in Ghana was seen by Anas’ Tiger Eye PI agency in September 2017 collecting cash believed to be $1000 from undercovers, posing as agents in order to influence players’ selection at the tournament.
Also, the former Kano Pillars handler was promised 15% from the players’ contracts should they get snapped up, with the gaffer, in turn, promising the agents spots for both players at the 2018 African Nations Championship in Morocco.
Nigeria’s top football coach, Salisu Yusuf, has been caught on camera taking cash. The footage, exposed here for the first time, was captured by controversial Ghanaian investigative journalist @anasglobal and recently handed to #BBCAfricaEye. pic.twitter.com/Yy5oiaJELx
— BBC News Africa (@BBCAfrica) July 23, 2018
The players were not named in the footage as Nigeria went all the way to the final, where they were handed a 4-1 defeat by hosts Ghana – their only loss in the competition.
Yusuf took the team to CHAN in Morocco earlier this year, where they also finished second behind the hosts.
He was Gernot Rohr’s assistant to the recently concluded World Cup in Russia, where the Super Eagles were unable to navigate their way past Group D.
