According to sources close to the Eagles in Belgium, Enyeama and Oliseh went at each other on Tuesday night after the Eagles coach informed him he was no longer team captain and as such he should now share a room with another player.
Stripping of the captaincy from the Lille goalkeeper may not be unconnected with events in June when he tore a query issued him by the NFF general secretary after his provocative comments about the safety of the northern Nigerian town of Kaduna to stage an AFCON qualifier against Chad.
A committee later moved to beat Enyeama back in line by recommending that he should be banned from the team and removed as captain.
He will later stay away from an AFCON qualifier in Tanzania and a friendly against Niger following the death of his mother.
However, on Tuesday, pent up anger and frustration from the whole drama in Kaduna took another disturbing turn when 101-capped Enyeama was informed he was no longer captain.
“It was a nasty and ugly scene as Enyeama and Oliseh insulted the life out of each other that at a time it looked like security would have to be called up,” a source said.
Several senior players led by Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi tried to stop Enyeama from quitting the team’s camp in Belgium thereafter.
And one of the official Twitter handles of the NFF simply reported at the heat of the row – “It’s true there was a little misunderstanding in the camp of @NGSuperEagles, but the matter has been resolved. Enyeama stays in camp.”
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