Nigeria’s top football coach, Salisu Yusuf, has been caught on camera taking cash from men posing as football agents.
The footage was captured by controversial journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas in September 2017.
In the footage, the journalist and his team posed as football agents.
After a conversation about player selection the head coach is seen taking handful of cash.
They wanted two Nigerian players to be picked in the (then) upcoming African Nations Championships.
After Yusuf had taken the money, they alluded to other incentives like the coach getting 25% of the player’s contract after their selection.
Yusuf is one of the most respected people in Nigerian football. The chief coach of the Super Eagles, and first assistant during the World Cup, is due to lead the national team to the Olympics in 2020.
This report is part of a larger investigation, exposing corruption in African football. It recently resulted in the collapse of the Ghanian FA.
