Pa Michael Obi, the father of the Chelsea
star, Mikel, has blamed the President of the Confederation of African
Football, Mr. Isa Hayatou for his son’s failure to win the African
Footballer of the Year award.
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The CAF/GLO African award was given to
Yahaya Toure, with Mikel and Didier Drogba finishing in second and third
places respectively.
He said not only he, but all Nigerians,
were just waiting for the pronouncement of Mikel as the winner, adding
that his friends from Jos and Lagos were just on the wings waiting to
call and congratulate him before the name of Yaya was announced.
Pa Obi, who spoke in an exclusive
interview with our correspondent in Jos on Wednesday, said that the CAF
president had always exhibited a dislike for footballers from Anglophone
to those from the Francophone countries.
He however said that the family was not
perturbed that their scion did not get the award because of their firm
believe in God and that at God’s own appointed time, Mikel will get the
award. He said that the fact that Mikel congratulated the winner
immediately and flew back to his base without any complaint was
reflections of the family’s believe in the hands of God in the destiny
of man.
Culled - Punch
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