BREAKING NEWS!!!Stephen Keshi has reportedly withdrawn his resignation

Stephen Keshi has reportedly withdrawn his resignation after a meeting Sports Minister Bolaji Abdullahi.

Last night (Monday) Keshi met for hours with Abdullahi and, after the meeting, the Minister claimed that the issue had been resolved.

"I have spoken to Stephen and the NFF President Aminu Maigari and apparently there were issues that weren't handled properly," Abdullahi said. "But what I can tell you now is that the issue has been resolved and Keshi is staying on."

Abdullahi, however, said he spoke to Maigari before going into his meeting with Keshi. All three are on the same chartered flight taking the team to Abuja, but Keshi and most NFF officials avoided each other all the way to boarding.

Abdullahi admits that some friction remains, but says there will be time to resolve all that.

"This is not the time for that. For now we have resolved the issue and he will be staying. After the reception we will sit down and sort things out. Obviously, there are certain things that weren't handled properly, but we will have plenty of time to sort them out."

A source close to Keshi said the coach had endured months of undue interference especially from the head of NFF’s technical committee, Chris Green. It has also been reported in some mediums that Chris Green was already talking to at least three white coaches to take over from Keshi including Chipolopolo coach, Herve Renard.

Hence, Keshi's resignation move was an attempt to force the issue and bring his plight to the attention of the Presidency. According to the source, "it would seem that he wants direct access to the president and also he wants the NFF off his back. The same kind of politics Westerhof played in 1990s when he i.e. Westerhof had direct access to deputy head of state Rear Admiral Augustus Aikhomu."