BY IKENWA ASHIBUOGWU NNABUOGOR
Was it a crime that Mike Obiku emerged during Rashidi Yekini’s era and didn’t have to exhibit his beautiful goal scoring skills?
Obiku’s best times were at Feyenoord Rotterdam and was one of the best strikers in the Eredivisie in his era but Yekini’s cloud in the Super Eagles’ firmament overshadowed him.
Ghana, unlike, Nigeria celebrated and still celebrate their stars, likewise other west coast neighbours, not minding the preponderance of it and would have grabbed Obiku in if he was Ghanaian. But sadly not so in Nigeria where players abound every nooks and crannies of the world doing well and justifying their relevance to the national cause, but some never got look-ins.
You could argue there was no need for Obiku since Yekini was everywhere but having him not good enough for a look-in would always be his biggest career’s bump.
Obiku had established himself as a competent live wire in the attack in Cyprus before he invaded Holland for a massive career-high lift at Feyenoord and all those great moments were only just limited to club football. Sad for the Warri-born bomber.
Yours’ truly started following his game back home at the defunct Flash Flamingoes before his goals took him to the high-flying Iwuanyanwu Nationale before defecting to Cyprus.
His poor five-cap appearances for Nigeria were just not good enough for a great striker of his standard.
Again, he was one of Yekini’s “victims” in the Super Eagles.
Certainly, a bad time to emerge but some coaches would think differently, Clemens Westerhof only peeped once.
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