WAFCON FALLOUT: We Were Giving Empty Promises…. Kikelomo Ajayi 

By Olayinka Elebute

……We won 5 consecutive times yet we got nothing for our efforts

Some former players of the Super Falcons,  who laid the foundation for the Super Falcons wins of the 10th edition of the Women’s African Nations Cup in Morocco are calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to extend his magnanimity to those who took the trophy  for the first time for Nigeria Super Falcons wins and want the country to remember their exploits.

Speaking with Gongnews from her base in the US Kikelomo Ajayi, revealed to our reporter that they were only playing and winning the trophy for the Nation and were never rewarded for their feat and during our time but we are appealing to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider our efforts because of our own exploits during our days serving the Nations.

According to her, “we were playing and winning laurels for the Super Falcons and the Nations we were just giving empty promises  during our time and nothing was giving to us playing for Nigeria then”

The Ondo state born player, is one of the most decorated athletes in the state,  she served  as captain of the national women’s team during prestigious

tournaments such as the Africa Women’s Nations Cups, FIFA

Women’s World Cup, and the Olympic Games. she Successfully led the

team to achieve five Nations Cup wins, secure qualifications for

two World Cups appearance, and participated in multiple Olympic Games. And other football Games for Nigeria.

She explained further, “We are just making a passionate appeal to the President of the Nation and we know he can do it because he is the father of the Nation and he as set a great example for how sports people should be rewarded and we believe that we can be honoured and we just want our children to know that we truly served the Nation”.

Speaking further, the former captain of the Super Falcons also revealed that “most of her teammates are no longer working and they don’t have any sources of income but they depend solely on their teammates who are in Diaspora and we are not happy because they have nothing to show that they once represented the Nations, if the current Super Falcons can be honoured and rewarded we are just calling on the President to extend his love to those who started the journey from the beginning” she concluded.