Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has described as ‘idiotic,’ comments made by some Nigerians that President Buhari’s call to the Super Eagles made them lose their match against Tunisia which saw them crash out of the 2021 African Cup of Nations tournament.
After President Buhari video called the Nigerian national football team Super Eagle before the Afcon round of 16 game with Tunisia.
Super Eagle went on to loose the game by 1:0 to Tunisia, Nigerians all over the social media blamed President Buhari for their lost claiming his calling them made the team lost.
President Buhari statement in the video call
“You’ve been doing Nigeria proud. You’ve been winning. Please keep on winning. The Federal Government is supporting you, and I say thank you to all the technical crew and the players. Please keep doing the country proud,” he told the team.
President Buhari special assistant Femi Adesina didn’t find the attack by Nigerians on his principal funny.
In his statement he said.
“I have read many silly, idiotic and imbecilic comments, trying to link the loss to the video conference the President had with the players on Sunday morning. Witless. Thoughtless. And incidentally, if the Super Eagles had gone into the match without encouragement from their President, the same people would have come out to condemn the leader of the country for being taciturn and insensitive. Head or tail, you never win with some Nigerians.
