What Keshi must understand – MD Abubakar

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By ONOCHIE ANIBEZE

Inspector General of Police, M D Abubaka has called on Nigerians to be patient with Stephen Keshi's Eagles, saying "it's only in Nigeria that somebody will be appointed today and tomorrow people want immediate results."

Abubaka insisted such immediate results don't follow in sports which he said takes planning, training and implementation before "you reap the seeds that you have sown.

IGP, Mohammed Abubakar Abubaka was the Guest of Honour in Saturday's Nations Cup qualifier against Rwanda which Eagles won 2-0 and qualified for the group stage of the qualifiers. After failing to qualify for the last Nations Cup the so called mighty Eagles were condemned to play the preliminary qualifier against Rwanda.

"With up to five to six local boys playing in every match we should get the picture of what Keshi and the Federation are doing and support them. Building a team does not take days or months. And they have been around only for some months now.

However, I agree that we should begin to see some sparks but we will not be encouraging them if we don't support their programme because they want the best for Nigeria.

Nobody says foreign-based players should be shut-out. If a blend of players from Europe and the ones at home is the best for us us why should we not encourage it? I just want to say that fantastic  results will not come overnight. But as we are winning a few matches let the concentration be high. If there are distractions then concentration will not be high and it will affect results."

Abubakar however reminded Keshi that Nigerians were not against him but just expressing their nature which he should also understand and  respect.

Abubaka was one a member of Nigeria Football Association. He thanked the Eagles for not letting down on a day he was Guest of Honour

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