Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has made a passionate appeal to kidnappers of the 72 year-old mother of U-23 National Team Head Coach, Samson Siasia, to release the aged-mother.
“This is quite disturbing. We are just preparing for a crucial 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match, and the U-23 boys are already in The Gambia for a pre-Cup of Nations training camp. Why this?
“All we can do is to appeal to the kidnappers to free Samson Siasia’s aged mother. Samson is on a critical national assignment presently and the last he needs is this kind of distraction,” said NFF President Amaju Pinnick.
The 72 year-old Mrs Ogere Siasia, according to Samson, was abducted in the village of Odoni, Bayelsa State by three men on motorbikes. A distressed Siasia said his mother happened to be the only one at home in his village taking care of his father who is visually impaired.
“Right now I am confused, from the story I got, three men on motorbikes stormed my parent’s house in my village Odoni in Bayelsa State, shot sporadically into the air before taking my old mother away on a bike,” narrated coach Siasia.
