A war of words has erupted between actor Lege Miami and Super Eagles goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali following Nigeria’s failure to qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The conflict began after the Super Eagles lost their crucial
qualifier to the Democratic Republic of Congo last Sunday, a result that ended
the team’s hopes of World Cup participation for the second consecutive time.
In the wake of the loss, public criticism was heavily
directed at goalkeeper Nwabali.
Joining the fray, Lege Miami, born Kehinde Adams, criticised
the Chippa United shot-stopper online, accusing him of “playing too much”
during the match.
The actor’s comments also included a personal jab that
referenced Nwabali’s late father.
Nwabali responded fiercely via his Instagram story, warning the actor to keep his
father’s name out of his content.
“Lege Miami remove my late dad’s name from your mouth if
you’re doing your content. If you don’t respect people’s dad, you should learn
to respect the dead,” he wrote.
“I’m not your regular type of footballer. I go beat you
mercilessly. You’re free to insult me but remove my late dad’s name from your
mouth.”
In his response, Lege Miami issued a conditional apology for the mention of
Nwabali’s father.
However, the actor quickly pivoted to his own criticisms,
lambasting the goalkeeper for being “very rude” to his colleagues and
attempting to “control the whole pitch” instead of focusing on his goalkeeping
duties.
Lege accused Nwabali of having too much “hanky-panky” on the
pitch and failing to provide stability and courage to the team.
“First of all, if I mention your late dad’s name and made
you get upset, I am sorry. But you are very rude. You are rude to your
colleagues. You want to be controlling all the whole pitch. You do not want to
listen to correction. When they correct you, you want to be acting like a big
man,” he said.
“Your hanky-panky on the pitch is too much. You are not
facing your keeping. You are supposed to be giving your colleagues the courage
they need. You also need to be stable. You were playing with football inside
box 18.
“Are you the only goalkeeper in Nigeria? You make a lot of
mistakes. You are not in a position to come to my DMs with insults about my
personality. Who are you? Do not come to my DM again if you do not want to be
insulted.
“I would have rubbished you if not for Osimhen and Calvin
Bassey. Make a video and apologise to all Nigerians that you are sorry.”
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