Former Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh, revealed how a former Goalkeeper and coach, Joe Erico cursed the Nigeria national team.

Late Erico, Stephen Keshi and Shuaibu Amodu were the brain behind Nigeria’s qualification for the 2002 FIFA world cup in Korea/Japan.

But were replaced few weeks to the tournament; and Oliseh then a player, dropped from the squad some reasons.

The Eagles were eliminated in the group stage, earning a point without scoring a goal.

Oliseh as quoted by DailyPost has now claimed Erico laid out a curse on the team after the incident.

“Coach Erico made it very clear before his death that what they did to us in 2002, he sat down in his room naked and he cursed Nigeria,” Oliseh on the Home Turf podcast.

“He’s a great guy, great human being, lovely guy. He came, took over the team. Erico, Keshi and Shuaibu Amodu.

“Keshi was still finding his feet as a coach, and he invested so much. He always called me into his room and made me aware of his plans to make sure Nigeria qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

“We were five points behind Liberia in the qualifiers, just like what’s happening currently. Everyone had written us off, but when they took over, we became united.

“Keshi phoned me from the United States while I organised the players, and gradually, we built ourselves.”