Football Fans Attack Joseph Yobo’s Wife Over Nigeria's World Cup Ouster

The match between Nigeria and France may have come and gone, but the controversies the encounter generated are yet to douse.

Latest report on the match indicates that some Nigerian football fans attacked the wife of captain of Nigeria's Super Eagles, Joseph Yobo, over the performance of the skipper in the match.

It could be recalled that Yobo, who made his 100th cap on Monday, 30 June, 2014 and later announced his retirement after the match, scored an own goal late on in the Nigeria versus France match.

It was gathered that some football fans, who were pained by the defeat, took their anger out on his wife, Adaeze Yobo, calling her out on social media. 

And instead of ignoring the jibes, Adaeze allegedly took to her Instagram page to fire back at the many critics who, she felt, insulted her family and blamed her hubby for Super Eagles’ ouster. 

 * Adaeze

Though she has since deleted the post, but below is what Adaeze said:

"All you hateful people that didn’t even realise it was own goal at first Heck, most of you all didn’t even watch that last minute part of the match that’s if Nepa gave you light to watch the game at all. But as soon as they confirmed it was own goal by yobo, you all be like let’s go ham on his wife (that b**ch).

She later added: "Steady posting Louboutin pics on ig.#theirisgodo #toobadwelost but #goodgamefromyoboandtheteam #teamnigeria moving on, congrats to Joseph yobo for being the first Nigerian player to get to 100 caps. #recordholder #idontbreak #idontevenbend #ijustlaughatyourbitterness." 

Below is her post:

Meanwhile, former Green Eagles captain, Henry Nwosu has said Nigeria's defeat against France is not enough to condemn the team.

While expressing his disappointment with the performances of Nigeria’s midfielders and the own goal from captain Yobo, Nwosu insisted the team had room for improvement.

“The Eagles had the opportunity to win the game but they didn’t take their chances. The coach (Stephen Keshi) should have seen early in the game that the French were playing fast dribbles but he didn’t counter it.

“Another problem was that the defence exposed goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama on many occasions. The defenders should take the blame for this because they did that many times in the game.”

The 1980 Africa Cup of Nations winner said the Eagles’ midfield gave too much room to the opponents, which resulted in Ogenyi Onazi’s injury.

He said, “Onazi’s injury effectively weakened the midfield; it gave France the confidence to operate better. It was unfortunate that the introduction of Reuben Gabriel couldn’t change anything.”