Nigeria U17 Captain, Tijani Saga : Father's Int'l Passport Seized; NFF Top Shot Threatens Midfielder; Sister Returns From Oman

com can now reveal the identity of the Danish

Superliga club that failed in their bid to sign Nigeria U17 captain

Samson Tijani.

FC Midtjylland were prepared to pay 600,000 euros for the

services of Tijani but the central midfielder's camp turned down

the offer with the hope that his transfer fee will skyrocket after

the 2019 FIFA U17 World Cup.

Collins Edwin Sports Club have no control over Tijani and his

father, Mr. Bashiru Tijani, is being forced to deal with Dotun

Coker, who is the Chairman Technical Committee, Lagos State

Football Association.

Anything that must be done regarding transfer business has to

pass through Dotun Coker, who is acting as a proxy for a Board

Member of the Nigeria Football Federation.

After the U17 AFCON, a meeting was set up between Collins

Edwin SC, Dotun, the NFF top shot, Samson Tijani and his family

and during the meeting the NFF official threatened the midfielder

that he would never play for the national teams again if he went

against the wishes of Dotun.

Dotun later took Samson Tijani's father to the Nigerian

Immigration Service to apply for an international passport and

when the traveling document was issued, it was seized by the

LSFA official, so that the father cannot travel abroad to discuss

with foreign clubs without his knowledge.

Before the Golden Eaglets traveled to Brazil for the World Cup,

the owner of Jossy United FC made an offer to Tijani's father too

good to refuse.

He rented an apartment for Tijani's father, placed him on

N100,000.00 monthly salary and his wife was to receive

N50,000.00 monthly, and in return he got an exclusive parental

consent.

In addition, the Jossy United owner facilitated the return of

Tijani's sister to Nigeria from Oman, where she traveled to to

work as a domestic help but had complained that she was

regularly being 'abused' by her hosts.