I am not guilty, U-19 Coach reacts

A surprised coach told nigeriasports.com via the telephone today that he is very surprised such stories are making the rounds because they are just figments of the imaginations of mischievous players.

“Really I don’t know where you got your story because it just cannot be true.” Felix Ibe-Ukwu told nigeriasports.com

“I am a very godly man, I have never done such and will never do it.” He insisted.

“I am an African man with a family, so such a thing cannot be conceived by me, how much more me doing it.”

Gabowski told nigeriasports.com that most of the girls who left the team came to him for advice before leaving so he believed the rumours must have been emanating from mischief makers who just want to ruin him.

Meanwhile, NFA board member, Ayo Omidiran says she will investigate the matter and flush out any guilty party.

“I never knew a thing like this was going on or else I would have acted on it because I am there to protect the girls. Besides, if this is true, parents may not let their kids take part in female football any more.”

Omidiran says she would go straight to Lagos and look into the matter to ascertain the veracity of the claims.

“If I can get just one girl to testify to that, then of course the coach will have to go, and if I can get names of girls who have been dropped for refusing to defile themselves, they would be recalled to the team to prove themselves.”