Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama could face sanctions after questioning the suitability of the venue for his country's last Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
Enyeama,
who plays for French side Lille, suggested Kaduna city, in northern
Nigeria, should not have been chosen to host Saturday's match against
Chad on security grounds.
The
Super Eagles won the match 2-0. Enyeama skippered the side in his 101st
appearance for his country -- making him Nigeria's most capped
international.
The comments
reportedly did not go down well with the new Kaduna state governor,
Nasir El-Rufai, who said he would not attend the match until football
federation chiefs stepped in.
Boko Haram Islamists, who believe
football is a Western ploy to distract Muslims from their religion, have
attacked cities in northern Nigeria, including in Kaduna.But the violence is largely concentrated in the northeast.
Enyeama, 32, later apologised but Nigeria Football Federation officials said they were looking at punishing the player after manager Stephen Keshi criticised the remarks.
"What
Vincent did was unacceptable and he cannot go unpunished for this,"
added Nigeria's former midfielder Garba Lawal, who is now general
manager at Kaduna United FC.
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