U-17 Women W/Cup Qualifier: Kenyan Girls Scared Of Flamingoes —NFF

The Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, has said that Kenya’s U-17 female team are afraid of their Nigerian counterparts, the Flamingoes, ahead of Saturday’s reverse fixture of the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifier.

To this end, the Kenyan Football Federation, KFF, are using the security situation in Nigeria as an alibi not to honour the match.

The Flamingoes go into the first round preliminaries qualifier slated for Abeokuta, Ogun State with a 2-0 advantage, after defeating their Kenyan counterparts at the Nyayo Stadium, Kenya, a fortnight ago.

Demola Olajire, NFF image maker said: “There is no truth in their claim that security in the country is not conducive for the match to hold.

“The home-based Super Eagles recently played a friendly match against their Angolan counterpart at the National Stadium in Abuja without any hitches. The truth is that the Kenyan girls are scared of our players and they are making excuses to gain easy victory. They are not going to get it.”

P.M.Sports can report authoritatively that the Kenyan authorities have since withdrawn their protest and the team will arrive in Nigeria later today to honour the match.

—Bamidele Olowosagba