Former Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick has disclosed that he had a warm, respectful, and personal relationship with the late Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi.

Pinnick maintained that they shared a good bond and noted that he was the first person to arrive at Keshi’s home after the coach passed away in 2016.

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Financial Claims

Speaking on Sunday Oliseh’s YouTube channel, Pinnick insisted that his administration fully settled all of Keshi’s financial entitlements and did not owe him any money.

He also asserted that he has nothing to apologize for regarding how Keshi’s tenure or the national team was handled during his time leading the NFF.

No Apologies

“There’s no way I would have apologised to Keshi. Keshi, God rest his soul, he was an icon.

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“We had a very warm relationship until he passed, and when he passed, we were the first people that went.

“But there’s no way I would have apologised to Keshi because we didn’t do anything wrong. We did what we did based on report,” he said.

Stephen Keshi, who led Nigeria to the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations title, passed away in 2016 at the age of 54.