The past couple of days have seen the former Super Eagles striker's sterling record of service in danger of being completely sullied
There is still a surreal quality to the news that broke a couple of days ago: Samson Siasia, legend as both player and coach of the Nigeria national team at various levels, has been banned from football for life by Fifa.
The finality of it, for one thing.
A life ban is, one would think, a verdict to be reserved for the most egregious of wrongs, for the sort of high-level corruption that, ironically, characterized Fifa itself not too long ago, and that has not exactly been rooted out if the Swiss courts have anything to say about it.