NFF vice-president Seyi Akinwunmi has blamed the decline in the women’s game nationally to same-sex relationships following the Super Falcons’ slip ahead of the Olympic Games.
The Nigerian outfit failed to make the cut for the global showpiece, an aspect that has re-ignited claims of lesibianism among the team members.
“Lesbianism kills teams,” he told AFP. “People are afraid to talk about it. The coaches also take advantage of the girls, so there is much more to build in female football.”
Falcons make the most successful African national team in the game, having won the continental title a record nine times and competed at every Women’s World Cup since it started in 1991.
This is not the first time Nigeria has castigated Homosexuals.
In June 2011, women’s coach Eucharia Uche branded the act “dirty” and “spiritually and morally very wrong” reportedly forcing a few out of the team.
In 2013, former chairwoman of the women’s league, Dilichukwu Onyedinma, reportedly announced a ban on lesbianism in Nigerian football.
FIFA inquiry was enforced.
