Former Super Eagles player, Pastor Taribo West is very angry and has bared his mind.
According to the veteran defender, he will not allow his son to play for Nigeria.
This he said as he lambasts the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and the Lagos State Government for allegedly abandoning the family of late goalkeeper, Peter Rufai.
Taribo said: “It’s disheartening that you have Lagos State, you have the Nigerian Football Association. They drop the bulk on the family.”
“I felt in my spirit that there is nothing to put your life for. That’s why I say I have to shift back so that I will not implode. It’s grieving.”
“My mother passed on. I never shed tears. My father passed on in my hands. I never shed tears. When Rufai passed on, I had goose pimples on my body. And every individual I’m speaking to, there were tears rolling down my cheeks. What kind of nation is this?”
“Late football icons such as Stephen Keshi, Rashidi Yekini, and Thompson Oliha were treated badly too.”
“With this kind of example, I will never advise even my son to put his feet for this country. Send me out! Do we have a Football Federation or do we have a Football Association in this Lagos State? That this hero, this soldier, this football evangelist, has to be treated this way in his family.”
“Could you imagine that the family would be crying just to solicit in within our groups to ask for money? That is madness. Look, please let me go. I don’t want to pour my heart.”