Touching! You Won't Believe What Mikel Obi Did with His Share of Japanese Surgeon's Cash Gift

Mikel Obi poses with Dr. Katsuya Takasu and Coach Siasia

 

Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel has opted to donate part of his share of the $390,000 awarded to the bronze winning Nigeria U-23 team at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games to Coach Samson Siasia.

 

According to the report by Vanguard, after a team meeting, they resolved that both players and officials will receive equal amount of the cash with Mikel himself agreeing to give part of his own share for the chief coach (Siasia) to get more than the rest of the squad.

 

Katsuya Takasu, a Japanese surgeon made good his promise to reward the team for their bravery in Rio after they beat Honduras 3-2 for the bronze medal. 

 

Many people accused the Nigeria Football Federation and the Sports Ministry of seeking for a means to get their hands on the money by trying to hijack the pay which forced some of the team's officials to vow not to hand over the money to the NFF.

 

“Mikel has insisted all of us will get our share of the money. That we should not mind what the people in the NFF are saying.

“He will make available this cash when he comes for next month’s AFCON qualifier against Tanzania in Uyo,” one of the officials said.

 

It was further gathered that the sharing formula agreed was a flat rate for the 22 players (18 accredited players and four alternate players) and 10 officials.