Cyber-Bullying can affect Super Eagles Confidence – Nigerian defender Kenneth Omeruo says the Super Eagles may lose Ola Aina due to online attacks

Super Eagles defender, Kenneth Omeruo has warned football fans against cyber-bullying, as it can affect the confidence of the players.

Omeruo stated this following Nigeria’s 2-1 loss to Ivory Coast in the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations last week where some Super Eagles players like Alex Iwobi were attacked on social media.

Omeruo opines that the outcome of these attacks could force some of the players to quit the national team.

“There are a lot of people who are angry for nothing’s sake and they will come at you. Before this tournament, we have been getting criticisms.” He told Arise News.

“For example, someone wrote to Ola Aina on Instagram, ‘I hope you die’. They just write whatever, they don’t care about the consequences and most times I have stopped myself from replying to a lot of messages.

“If I reply like this, one blog will pick it and they will make a big deal out of it but we just have to grow thick skin and hopefully keep winning because when we win they forget about every other thing.”

He continued: “I was speaking to Ola and he made some comments that I won’t say here but if we lose a player like him just because of some bullying from some fans that are not even important, then it is going to affect us.

“Imagine Ola Aina, for me, was one of the best players in the tournament and was named in the Team of the Tournament as well.”