Former Super Eagles coach Jo Bonfrère has claimed that he is yet to receive his reward for leading Nigeria to victory in the men’s football event at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, 30 years after the historic triumph.
The 80-year-old Dutchman stated this in an interview with CreativeLordTV in Ebonyi State, where he attended the opening of Chief Agueze’s country home on Saturday.
Asked whether promises made to him after Nigeria won the gold medal had been fulfilled, Bonfrère, speaking through an interpreter, said he had never received the medal or his reward.
“I have never seen the gold. That’s the problem, so I don’t know how it looks. I don’t know how the gold medal looks because I have never received it,” he said.
The interpreter added that while the players and other officials had received their rewards, Bonfrère had allegedly been left out for three decades.
“Every player has
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