The President of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, Mr Amaju Pinnick on Wednesday in Abuja said that it is not the destiny of Nigeria to be at the AFCON 2017 championship in Gabon.
Pinnick said at a press conference that the NFF did everything humanly and materially possible to qualify Nigeria for the event but still fell short.
He blamed the team's failure on bad luck and Chad's withdrawal from the AFCON qualifiers.
"Luck was not on our side. Chad coincidentally pulled out, just when we were thinking that even if we emerged with 11 points we might have ended up being one of the best losers. The truth is that destiny counted against us,’’ he said.
Pinnick however vowed to ensure that Nigeria qualifies for the World Cup 2018 finals in Russia.
"I want to explain to Nigerians through this medium what transpired and all what we did for Nigeria not to have been ousted from the qualifiers to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
"We did everything humanly and materially possible to make sure we qualify. We did not leave any stone unturned.
Just at the last minute, when we were about to celebrate (in Kaduna), a goal came. To me, I just see it as destiny. But our focus now is shifted principally to the next World Cup,’’ he said.
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