The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has reinstated Salisu Yusuf to the national team after serving a one-year ban for receiving bribe.
The NFF made this known in a press statement by its spokesperson, Ademola Olajire.
Salisu was in August 2018 caught on camera accepting cash from men who posed as football agents to select two players for his Morocco 2018 African Nations Championship squad.
He was ordered to pay a fine of five thousand dollars by the federation after the NFF Ethics and Fair Play Committee ruled that the coach received one thousand dollars from the men.
Though the NFF didn’t state that Salisu would take over as the Eagles coach, the federation bade Coach Imama Amapakabo farewell.
Imama was Salisu’s assistant in the U-23 national team and the CHAN team before the ban.
In the absence of Salisu, Imama led the U-23 Eagles to qualify for the 2019 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations after defeating Sudan 5-0 in Asaba on Tuesday.
With Salisu’s return, Imama is expected to return to his position as an assistant coach of the U-23 team.
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